Appendix – Management Interface Monitoring

Management interface monitoring feature enables monitoring the management interface state, and failing over to the standby Appliance in case a management switch connected directly to the Appliance is detected as ‘down’ (due to maintenance, power outage, etc.).

1. Enable monitoring of the management interface. Run:

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   ufm mgmt-interface monitor enable
           

2. Set the management interface monitoring interval. Run:

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   ufm mgmt-interface monitor interval
           

3. Set the management interface to be monitored. Run:

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   ufm mgmt-interface
           

   Warning

   When invoking the command ufm ha configure, the interface will be set automatically.

4. [Optional] Review the settings. Run:

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   show ufm mgmt-interface 
           

   Example:

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   ufmapl [ mgmt-ha-active] (config) # show ufm mgmt-interface 
    
    
   Management interface monitoring:
   Interface name:      eth0
   Enabled:             Yes
   Monitoring interval: 10 seconds
           

5. Once all configurations are set, start the UFM service. Run:

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   ufm start