Task 2: Hot Standby - Connect The D400S; Task 3: Hot Standby - Create User Accounts; Task 4: Hot Standby - Configure The Primary D400 For Redundancy - GE Multilin D400 Instruction Manual

CHAPTER 7: SETTING UP THE D400 FOR REDUNDANCY

Task 2: Hot standby - Connect the D400s

Task 3: Hot standby - Create user accounts

Task 4: Hot standby - Configure the primary D400 for redundancy

D400 SUBSTATION GATEWAY INSTRUCTION MANUAL
To connect the two D400s:
1. Connect to the D400s (D400 A and D400 B) through a secure shell client.
2. Enter the root/admin login credentials.
3. Login to and start the d400cfg local D400 configuration utility. You can also use the
Local HMI available to login to and start d400cfg.
Creation of user accounts follows the same procedure whether it is for hot standby or
warm standby redundancy. See the procedure for "Task 3: Warm standby - Create user
accounts" on page 98.
To configure a D400 for single LAN Redundancy:
1. Navigate back to the main d400cfg menu.
Result: The D400 Configuration Utility Menu appears. See Figure 52 on page 92.
2. Enter 14. Redundancy.
Result: The D400 Configuration Utility Menu - Redundancy menu appears.
3. Enter 2. Enable/Disable Redundancy.
4. Enter Y to enable Redundancy.
Result: You are prompted for the redundancy type.
5. Enter 2. Hot Standby to configure the D400s in Hot-Standby mode.
6. Enter Y to confirm your selection.
7. Enter 3. Heart Beat Configuration.
Result: The D400 Redundancy Configuration Menu - Heart Beat Configuration
Parameters menu appears.
8. Enter 1. Configure Heart Beat Timeout.
9. Enter a value for the Heart Beat Timeout (in milliseconds) within the suggested range
(100 to 1000 milliseconds).
10. Enter 2. Configure Heart Beat Retries.
11. Enter the number of Heart Beat Retries within the suggested range (1 to 10).
12. Enter 3. Configure Heart Beat Communication Mechanism.
Result: The D400 Redundancy Configuration Menu - Heart Beat Mechanism menu
appears.
13. Enter 1. Single LAN (the default value).
14. Navigate back to the Redundancy menu.
15. Enter 4. Configure IP Address of PEER D400.
16. Enter 1. Configure/Update Peer IP Address.
17. Enter the new Primary address of the peer D400.
18. If a secondary IP for the peer D400 is available, enter the new secondary address.
19. Confirm the primary and secondary IP address changes by entering Y.
20. Enter 5. UserName of PEER D400.
21. Enter the user name defined by you earlier in the peer D400.
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