Cisco Systems OL-6918-01 manual Enabling Hot-Lining

Chapter 4 Using Service Manager

Activating Services on HA Devices

Enabling Hot-Lining

You can configure hot-lining on home agent devices by using the Hot Lining wizard.

To launch the Hot Lining wizard:

Step 1 Choose a device group (Choose Service Manager > Select Group). See Selecting an HA Device Group, page 4-3.

Step 2 Choose HA Service Manager > Service Activation > Hot Lining.

The Hot Lining dialog box displays a list of Hot-lining configured realms, in the selected device group.

Step 3 Perform one of these actions:

•Click Execute without selecting a realm to configure hot-lining.

•Choose a realm, then click Execute to modify its hot-lining configuration. The first window of the Hot Lining wizard displays:

Field	Description
Realm Name	Specify the realm name. It is a unique identifier with the syntax @realm.
	Click Fetch to select a realm from a list. A popup appears with a list of realms.
	Choose a realm and click Select. Click the column heading to sort the list.
Redirect Server	Specify the IP address of the redirect server.

Click any column heading to sort the list.

Step 4 Enter the information and click Next.

The Hot Lining Configurations window displays the generated configuration commands.

Step 5 Click Add To Batch to execute the configuration in a batch mode if you do not want to download them immediately. The Batch Mode window appears. You must leave the Batch Mode window open to add multiple service-activation commands to the same batch.

From the Batch Mode window, you can:

•Click Save to save the configuration in a batch file and download it later. A popup window appears where you can specify a name for the batch file, or add the configuration to an existing batch file.

•Click Download to save it to the work queue.

HA SM schedules a new job. A notification message displays the Job ID. After the job completes, you can view the details of the job in the Job Details window. See Viewing Job Details, page 4-15, for more information on the job details.

•Click Clear to clear the batch profile.

•Click Close to close this window.

If you do not save the batch file, a message prompts you to save it. Click OK to save and Cancel to exit the window.

Step 6 Perform one of these actions:

•Click Finish to complete the configuration.

HA SM schedules a new job. A notification message displays the Job ID. After the job completes, you can view the details of the job in the Job Details window. See Viewing Job Details, page 4-15, for more information on the job details.

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