Configuring Redundancy Settings - Motorola RFS Series Reference Manual

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• Managing Clustering Using the Web UI

5.4.1 Configuring Redundancy Settings

To configure switch redundancy:
1. Select Services
The Redundancy screen displays with the Configuration tab selected.
2. Refer to the
Enable Redundancy
Redundancy Switch
IP
Mode
Redundancy ID
Discovery Period
Heartbeat Period
> Redundancy from the main menu tree.
Configuration field to define the following:
Select this checkbox to enable/disable clustering. Clustering must be disabled to
set a redundancy related parameter. All the modifiable values are grayed out if
enabled
Define the destination IP address used to send heartbeats and update messages.
A member can be in either in
all 'Active' members adopt Access Ports except the 'Standby' members who adopt
Access Ports only when an 'Active' member has failed or sees an access-port not
adopted by a switch.
Define an ID for the cluster group. All the switches configured in the cluster should
have the same Cluster ID. The valid range is
1-65535.
Use the Discovery Period
During the discovery time, a switch discovers the existence of other switches
within the redundancy group. Configure an interval between 10 and 60 seconds.
The default value is 30 seconds.
The Heartbeat Period
messages discover the existence and status of other members within the group.
Configure an interval between
1 and 255 seconds. The default value is 5seconds.
Primary or Standby mode. In the redundancy group,
to configure a cluster member discovery interval.
is the interval heartbeat messages are sent. Heartbeat