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Chapter 1 Configuring Active/Active Failover
Configuring Active/Active Failover
Example
The following partial example shows a possible configuration for a failover group. The interface poll
time is set to 500 milliseconds and the hold time to 5 seconds for data interfaces in failover group 1.
hostname(config)# failover group 1
hostname(config-fover-group)# primary
hostname(config-fover-group)# preempt 100
hostname(config-fover-group)# polltime interface msec 500 holdtime 5
hostname(config-fover-group)# exit
hostname(config)#
Configuring Failover Criteria
By default, if a single interface fails, failover occurs. You can specify a specific number of interfaces or
a percentage of monitored interfaces that must fail before a failover occurs. The failover criteria is
specified on a failover group basis.
To change the default failover criteria for the specified failover group, perform the following steps:
The following partial example shows a possible configuration for a failover group:
hostname(config)#
failover group 1
hostname(config-fover-group)#
primary
hostname(config-fover-group)#
preempt 100
hostname(config-fover-group)#
interface-policy 25%
hostname(config-fover-group)#
exit
hostname(config)#
Configuring Virtual MAC Addresses
Active/Active failover uses virtual MAC addresses on all interfaces. If you do not specify the virtual
MAC addresses, then they are computed as follows:
•
Active unit default MAC address: 00a0.c9
physical_port_number
.
failover_group_id
01
•
Standby unit default MAC address: 00a0.c9
physical_port_number
.
failover_group_id
02
Command
Purpose
Step 1
failover group
{
1
|
2
}
Example:
hostname(config)# failover group 1
Specifies the failover group.
Step 2
interface-policy
num
[%]
Example:
hostname(config-fover-group)#
interface-policy 225
Specifies the policy for failover when monitoring detects an
interface failure.
When specifying a specific number of interfaces, the
num
argument can be from 1 to 250. When specifying a percentage of
interfaces, the
num
argument can be from 1 to 100.
Summary of Contents for 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle
Page 28: ...Glossary GL 24 Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide ...
Page 61: ...P A R T 1 Getting Started with the ASA ...
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Page 219: ...P A R T 2 Configuring High Availability and Scalability ...
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Page 403: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Interfaces ...
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Page 499: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Basic Settings ...
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Page 533: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Objects and Access Lists ...
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Page 601: ...P A R T 2 Configuring IP Routing ...
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Page 745: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Network Address Translation ...
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Page 845: ...P A R T 2 Configuring AAA Servers and the Local Database ...
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Page 981: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Access Control ...
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Page 1061: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Service Policies Using the Modular Policy Framework ...
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Page 1093: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Application Inspection ...
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Page 1191: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Unified Communications ...
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Page 1333: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Connection Settings and QoS ...
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Page 1379: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Advanced Network Protection ...
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Page 1475: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Modules ...
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Page 1549: ...P A R T 2 Configuring VPN ...
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Page 1965: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Logging SNMP and Smart Call Home ...
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Page 2059: ...P A R T 2 System Administration ...
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