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Configuring Failover
Enter the following commands to assign each context to a failover group:
hostname(config)# context context_name
hostname(config-context)# join-failover-group {1 | 2}
hostname(config-context)# exit
Enable failover:
Step 6
hostname(config)# failover
Configure the Secondary Unit
When configuring LAN-based Active/Active failover, you need to bootstrap the secondary unit to
recognize the failover link. This allows the secondary unit to communicate with and receive the running
configuration from the primary unit.
To bootstrap the secondary unit in an Active/Active failover configuration, perform the following steps:
(PIX 500 series security appliance only) Enable LAN-based failover:
Step 1
hostname(config)# failover lan enable
Step 2 Define the failover interface. Use the same settings as you used for the primary unit:
a.
b.
c.
Step 3 (Optional) Designate this unit as the secondary unit:
hostname(config)# failover lan unit secondary
Note
Enable failover:
Step 4
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Specify the interface to be used as the failover interface:
hostname(config)# failover lan interface if_name phy_if
The if_name argument assigns a logical name to the interface specified by the phy_if argument. The
phy_if argument can be the physical port name, such as Ethernet1, or a previously created
subinterface, such as Ethernet0/2.3. On the ASA 5505 adaptive security appliance, the phy_if
specifies a VLAN.
Assign the active and standby IP address to the failover link:
hostname(config)# failover interface ip if_name ip_addr mask standby ip_addr
Enter this command exactly as you entered it on the primary unit when you configured the
Note
failover interface.
The standby IP address must be in the same subnet as the active IP address. You do not need to
identify the standby address subnet mask.
Enable the interface:
hostname(config)# interface phy_if
hostname(config-if)# no shutdown
This step is optional because by default units are designated as secondary unless previously
configured otherwise.
Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
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