Accessing High Availability Pair Cam Web Consoles; Determining Active And Standby Cam; Determining Primary And Secondary Cam; Installing A Clean Access Server High Availability Pair - Cisco NAC3350-PROF-K9 - NAC Profiler Server Installation Manual

Chapter 4 Configuring High Availability (HA)
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service perfigo restart
recommends "shutdown" or "reboot" on the machine to test failover, or, the CLI commands
perfigo stop

Accessing High Availability Pair CAM Web Consoles

Determining Active and Standby CAM

Access the web console for each CAM in the HA pair by typing the IP address of each individual CAM
(not the Service IP) in the URL/Address field of a web browser. You should have two browsers open.
The web console for the Standby (inactive) CAM only displays a subset of the module menus and
respective submenus available on the Active CAM.
Note The CAM configured as HA-Primary may not be the currently Active CAM.

Determining Primary and Secondary CAM

In each CAM web console, go to Administration > CCA Manager > Failover.
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For releases prior to 4.0(0), the Secondary CAM is labeled as HA-Standby (CAM) for the initial HA
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Installing a Clean Access Server High Availability Pair

This chapter describes how to set up two Clean Access Servers in high availability (HA) mode.By
deploying Clean Access Servers in high-availability mode, you can ensure that important user
authentication and connection tasks continue in the event of an unexpected shutdown. Topics include:
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OL-20326-01
does not work when used to test high availability (failover). Instead, Cisco
and
service perfigo start
The Primary CAM is the CAM you configured as the HA-Primary when you initially set up HA.
The Secondary CAM is the CAM you configured as the HA-Secondary when you initially set up
HA.
CAS High Availability Overview, page 4-18
CAS High Availability Requirements, page 4-22
Before Starting, page 4-24
Configure High Availability, page 4-26
Failing Over an HA-CAS Pair, page 4-39
Modifying CAS High Availability Settings, page 4-40
Upgrading an Existing Failover Pair, page 4-41
Accessing High Availability Pair CAS Web Consoles, page 4-46
Installing a Clean Access Server High Availability Pair
. See Useful CLI Commands for HA, page
Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
service
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