Creating High Availability (Ha) Clusters - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Administrator's Manual

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Creating high availability (HA) clusters

Creating high availability (HA) clusters

A high availability (HA) cluster is a group of exactly two encryption engines. One encryption engine
can take over encryption and decryption tasks for the other encryption engine, if that member fails
or becomes unreachable.
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.
1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu task bar.
2. Select an encryption group from the Encryption Center Devices table, then select Group > HA
3. Select an available encryption engine from the Non HA Encryption Engines table and a
4. Click the right arrow button to add the encryption engine to the selected HA cluster.
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The Encryption Center dialog box displays.
Cluster from the menu task bar, or right-click an encryption group and select HA Cluster.
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.
destination HA cluster from the High Availability Clusters table. Select New HA Cluster if you are
creating a new cluster.
Encryption Group Properties dialog box - HA Clusters tab
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