topic Re: Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario in General Topics https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19495#M14227 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You mean in order to limit possible downtime?</P><P></P><P>I think best option is to do this during a service window.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:38:34 GMT mikand 2012-04-30T17:38:34Z Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19494#M14226 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does anyone know of a best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in a PAN-2020 active/passive scenario?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:33:58 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19494#M14226 bbsoc 2012-04-30T14:33:58Z Re: Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19495#M14227 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You mean in order to limit possible downtime?</P><P></P><P>I think best option is to do this during a service window.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:38:34 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19495#M14227 mikand 2012-04-30T17:38:34Z Re: Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19496#M14228 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To do the cable swap during a scheduled maintenance window goes without saying. What I am concerned about is the possiblity of a&nbsp; split brain scenario. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:48:36 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19496#M14228 bbsoc 2012-04-30T17:48:36Z Re: Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19497#M14229 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>4000 and upwards have dedicated HA interfaces which in some cases must use crossover cables to function properly.</P><P></P><P>For 2000 series you use the dataplane for HA and here you dont have any limit of using crossover or not.</P><P></P><P>If we go for IEEE you must use auto/auto for gbit interfaces which also gives you auto-mdix so it doesnt matter if you use a crossover cable or not.</P><P></P><P><SPAN>I think </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/message/12078#12078">https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/message/12078#12078</A><SPAN> might be handy in your case.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:59:22 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19497#M14229 mikand 2012-04-30T18:59:22Z Re: Best approach to swap out straight through with cross over cables in active/passive scenario https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19498#M14230 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just suspend the HA on the passive device, swap your cables, and enable HA again on the passive device. Should be under the Device &gt; HA section. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:01:27 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/best-approach-to-swap-out-straight-through-with-cross-over/m-p/19498#M14230 mharding 2012-04-30T19:01:27Z