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Chapter 26: Redundancy Configuration
3. Configure boards, and reboot if necessary. The configuration of virtual boards
H323SP, SIPSP, and HMCP must be identical to the primary system. This
configuration must be done manually.
4. Don't change any other configurations.
5. Select System > Redundancy to open the Redundancy dialog box (see Figure 2).
a. Select Secondary as the system role.
b. Check the Enable Redundancy check box.
c. Enter IP addresses for the primary and secondary servers.
d. Enter a redundancy key (your password for redundancy; it needs to be the same
for primary and secondary systems).
e. Click OK or Apply when finished.
Replication begins. The secondary system replicates the primary system's
configuration, voice mail and other files, which will take from several minutes to an
hour, depending on the amount of extensions and their voice mail files.
6. Later, when replication is complete, check the option Automatically assume
control when active system is not available. (To find out when the replication
is complete, or a system is updated, see "Checking the Status" on page 368.)
This option is only available for the standby system. Once redundancy
Note:
switchover occurs, the formerly active system is now the standby system.
This option for the new standby system will be unchecked. You should check
it manually after making sure that the new standby system is recovered. If
this option is unchecked on the standby system, the following message pops
up when the administrator logs on to the server or opens the Redundancy
dialog box.

Checking the Status

From either the primary or secondary server, select System > Redundancy to open
the Redundancy dialog box, and click the Status button in the dialog box. The
Redundancy Administration window opens.
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