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Chapter 11 Configuring Failover
Configuring Failover
Step 5 (Optional) To enable Stateful Failover, configure the state link. The state link must be configured on an
unused interface.
a. Specify the interface to be used as state link.
hostname(config)# failover link
if_name
phy_if
Note If the state link uses the failover link, then you only need to supply the if_name argument.
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. This interface should not be used for any other purpose (except,
optionally, the failover link).
b. Assign an active and standby IP address to the state link.
Note If the state link uses the failover link, skip this step. You have already defined the failover
link active and standby IP addresses.
hostname(config)# failover interface ip
if_name ip_addr mask
standby
ip_addr
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.
The state link IP address and MAC address do not change at failover. The active IP address always
stays with the primary unit, while the standby IP address stays with the secondary unit.
c. Enable the interface.
Note If the state link uses the failover link, skip this step. You have already enabled the failover
link.
hostname(config)# interface
phy_if
hostname(config-if)# no shutdown
Step 6 Enable failover.
hostname(config)# failover
Step 7 Save the system configuration to Flash memory.
hostname(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Configuring the Secondary Unit
The only configuration required on the secondary unit is for the failover interface. The secondary unit
requires these commands to initially communicate with the primary unit. After the primary unit sends
its configuration to the secondary unit, the only permanent difference between the two configurations is
the failover lan unit command, which identifies each unit as primary or secondary.
For multiple context mode, all steps are performed in the system execution space unless noted otherwise.
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