PIX configs exactly same on cluster members

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PIX configs exactly same on cluster members

musiknut

04-28-2008

Re: PIX configs exactly same on cluster members

Lutz Donnerhack ..

04-28-2008

Posted by on April 28, 2008, 11:35 am

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Hi all,
I've been asked to look at a Pix cluster that didn't failover
properly when the master went down last.
One thing I noticed is that although the 'sho ip address' command
reveals Current Ip Addresses to be different to each other, both
boxes have the same hostname and exactly the same config when you
'show run'

I know that Pix boxes swap MAC and IP addresses on failover but I
didn't expect to see the config and hostnames being identical. Is this
correct?

The other strange thing is that, although the config is for Active/
Standby (not Active/Active) - no failover groups are configured -
'show ver' reveals the active unit is licenced for Active/Active and
the standby as Active/Standby.

Cheers
MN

Posted by Lutz Donnerhacke on April 28, 2008, 12:11 pm

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* musiknut@gmail.com wrote:

> I know that Pix boxes swap MAC and IP addresses on failover but I

> didn't expect to see the config and hostnames being identical. Is this

> correct?

Yes.

> The other strange thing is that, although the config is for Active/

> Standby (not Active/Active) - no failover groups are configured -

> 'show ver' reveals the active unit is licenced for Active/Active and

> the standby as Active/Standby.

That's ok.

You might search for "show failover".

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