Chapter 10 Device HA

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 45 Configuration > Device HA > Active-Passive Mode

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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fields.

Settings

 

 

 

Device Role

Select the device HA role that the NWA3000-N series AP plays in the

 

virtual router. Choices are:

 

Master - This NWA3000-N series AP is the master NWA3000-N series

 

AP in the virtual router. This NWA3000-N series AP uses the virtual IP

 

address for each monitored interface.

 

Note: Do not set this field to Master for two or more NWA3000-N

 

series APs in the same virtual router (same cluster ID).

 

Backup - This NWA3000-N series AP is a backup NWA3000-N series AP

 

in the virtual router. This NWA3000-N series AP does not use any of the

 

virtual IP addresses.

 

 

Priority

This field is available for a backup NWA3000-N series AP. Type the

 

priority of the backup NWA3000-N series AP. The backup NWA3000-N

 

series AP with the highest value takes over the role of the master

 

NWA3000-N series AP if the master NWA3000-N series AP becomes

 

unavailable. The priority must be between 1 and 254. (The master

 

interface has priority 255.)

 

 

Enable

This field is available for a backup NWA3000-N series AP. Select this if

Preemption

this NWA3000-N series AP should become the master NWA3000-N

 

series AP if a lower-priority NWA3000-N series AP is the master when

 

this one is enabled. (If the role is master, the NWA3000-N series AP

 

preempts by default.)

 

 

Cluster Settings

 

 

 

Cluster ID

Type the cluster ID number. A virtual router consists of a master

 

NWA3000-N series AP and all of its backup NWA3000-N series APs. If

 

you have multiple NWA3000-N series AP virtual routers on your

 

network, use a different cluster ID for each virtual router.

 

 

Authentication

Select the authentication method the virtual router uses. Every

 

interface in a virtual router must use the same authentication method

 

and password. Choices are:

 

None - this virtual router does not use any authentication method.

 

Text - this virtual router uses a plain text password for authentication.

 

Type the password in the field next to the radio button. The password

 

can consist of alphanumeric characters, the underscore, and some

 

punctuation marks (+-/*= :; .! @$&%#~ ‘ \ () ), and it can be up to

 

eight characters long.

 

IP AH (MD5) - this virtual router uses an encrypted MD5 password for

 

authentication. Type the password in the field next to the radio button.

 

The password can consist of alphanumeric characters, the underscore,

 

and some punctuation marks (+-/*= :; .! @$&%#~ ‘ \ () ), and it can

 

be up to eight characters long.

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