Configuring Optional Active/Standby Failover Settings - Cisco FirePOWER ASA 5500 series Configuration Manual

Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
Define the failover interface. Use the same settings as you used for the primary unit.
Step 2
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(Optional) Designate this unit as the secondary unit:
Step 3
hostname(config)# failover lan unit secondary
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Step 4 Enable failover:
hostname(config)# failover
After you enable failover, the active unit sends the configuration in running memory to the standby unit.
As the configuration synchronizes, the messages "Beginning configuration replication: Sending to mate"
and "End Configuration Replication to mate" appear on the active unit console.
Step 5 After the running configuration has completed replication, save the configuration to Flash memory:
hostname(config)# copy running-config startup-config

Configuring Optional Active/Standby Failover Settings

You can configure the following optional Active/Standby failover setting when you are initially
configuring failover or after failover has already been configured. Unless otherwise noted, the
commands should be entered on the active unit.
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Specify the interface to be used as the failover interface:
hostname(config)# failover lan interface if_name phy_if
The if_name argument assigns a name to the interface specified by the phy_if argument.
Assign the active and standby IP address to the failover link:
hostname(config)# failover interface ip if_name ip_addr mask standby ip_addr
Note Enter this command exactly as you entered it on the primary unit when you configured the
failover interface on the primary unit.
Enable the interface:
hostname(config)# interface phy_if
hostname(config-if)# no shutdown
This step is optional because by default units are designated as secondary unless previously
configured.
Enabling HTTP Replication with Stateful Failover, page 14-24
Disabling and Enabling Interface Monitoring, page 14-24
Configuring Interface Health Monitoring, page 14-24
Configuring Failover Criteria, page 14-25
Configuring Virtual MAC Addresses, page 14-25
Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
Configuring Failover
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