High Availability (Ha) Clusters; Creating High Availability (Ha) Clusters - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

High availability (HA) clusters

A high availability (HA) cluster is a group of exactly two encryption engines (EEs). One encryption
engine can take over encryption and decryption tasks for the other encryption engine, if that
member fails or becomes unreachable.
NOTE
High Availability clusters between two EEs should not be confused with High Availability opaque
mode that is supported in KMIP.
When creating a new HA Cluster, add one engine to create the cluster, then add the second engine.
You can make multiple changes to the HA Clusters list; the changes are not applied to the switch
until you click OK.
Both engines in an HA cluster must be in the same fabric, as well as the same encryption group.
NOTE
An IP address is required for the management port for any cluster-related operations.

Creating High availability (HA) clusters

1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu task bar to display the Encryption Center
2. Select an encryption group from the Encryption Center Devices table, then select Group >
3. Select an available encryption engine from the Non HA Encryption Engines table and a
4. Click the right arrow to add the encryption engine to the selected HA cluster.
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dialog box (Refer to Figure 185
HA Cluster from the menu task bar.
NOTE
If groups are not visible in the Encryption Center Devices table, select View > Groups from the
menu task bar.
The Encryption Group Properties dialog box displays, with the HA Clusters tab selected
(Figure 283).
destination HA cluster from the High Availability Clusters table. Select New HA Cluster if you are
creating a new cluster.
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