Forcing Redundancy; Synchronizing Redundant Bnp Systems; Configuring Gige Ports For Heartbeat Detection - Imagine communications Selenio BNP 2xr User Manual

System Redundancy

- Forcing Redundancy

Forcing Redundancy
Caution: Care is needed when selecting this action: forcing a redundancy change will temporarily (and
briefly) interrupt services during the failover process.
To force the current redundancy configuration to change (the secondary will become the active, or vice
versa), click the

Synchronizing Redundant BNP Systems

Use steps in this section to force an NTP server sync in a 1:1 redundancy configuration.
Perform the following tasks at both the active and the standby BNPs.
1. Log in to the standby chassis, using the physical IP address of the standby BNP.
2. At the BNP Element Manager, go to Configuration tab -> Global tab screen, and click the Force
Sync button. The system now queries for confirmation.
3. At the Force Sync confirmation dialog, click Yes. The system now queries for administrative
password.
4. At the Password Verification dialog type the Administrator password, then click OK.The system
now queries for confirmation to reboot this BNP.
5. At the The Reboot confirmation window, click Yes.
6. Allow the standby BNP to reboot and return to its available backup status.
7. Log in to the active BNP, using its Virtual IP address.
8. From BNP Element Manager, go to Configuration tab -> Global tab screen, and click the
Redundancy Switch button. The standby chassis now becomes the active chassis.
9. Log in to the new standby BNP (formerly, the active chassis) via its physical IP address.
10. At the Force Sync confirmation dialog, click Yes. The system now queries for administrative
password.
11. At the Password Verification dialog type the Administrator password, then click OK.
The system now queries for confirmation to reboot this BNP.
12. At the The Reboot confirmation window, click Yes.
13. Allow the new standby BNP to reboot and return to its available backup status.

Configuring GigE Ports for Heartbeat Detection

In this configuration, each BNP is configured at the global level to disable auto-negotiation, and at the
port level to recognize the partner management IP and GigE 8 port IP address. Additionally, the virtual
IP address setting for GigE 8 ports must be blank
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Redundancy Switch button
from the Configuration -> Global tab.
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