Chapter12. Failover

Failover Status

Hereare the settings used by the Telecommuting Module for failover communication.
Type
ATelecommuting Module can be Standalone or a Team member.
Dedicated interface
Ifthe Telecommuting Module is a member of a failover team, the interface used for failover communication is
shownhere.
Dedicated network
Ifthe Telecommuting Module is a member of a failover team, the network used for failover communication is
shownhere.

Failover team

Here,you can see a list of the members of this failover team and their status.
Serial number
Theserial number of each team member.
Status
Statusfor each team member. A Telecommuting Module can be Active,Standby or Unavaliable, which indicates
thatthe Telecommuting Module is unaccessable. It could be turned off, failing for some reason or all cables could
havebeen disconnected.
Leaving a failover team
Ifyou for some reason want to quit using failover and use the Telecommuting Modules as standalone units, you
mustdo things in the right order to release the team:
1.The Standby Telecommuting Module must be taken away first. Do this by turning the power off, disconnect all
cablesor log on as admin via the serial cable and select 4. Leave failover team and become standalone.
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