HA dedicated to Fiber

[VSU_ITSEC]

I'd like to move my HA connection from the dedicated ports to fiber ports, however I don't have the option do change the port. Am I able to do this? Do I have to disable the HA first? Lastly, will I be able to keep the remaining settings?

If I am able to do this, is it advisable? I recall from training that running the HA over a network wasn't a suggested practice.

Thanks as always...

//moe

[ssharma · Accepted solution]

Hi Moe,

You can do that by assigning you fiber interface as Type HA. If you want to use interface 1/18 as HA, then click on interface under Network -> Interface and change the type to HA and come back to same snapshot as above. New interface would show up. Hope this helps. Thank you.

[bat]

I will recommend to pass HA heartbeats over the network.

But the reason you are not getting the option is there are no interface defined as type HA:

After defining an interface as HA you should be able to get the option there.

Let us know how it goes !

[tshiv]

VSU_ITSEC,,

It is recommended to use the dedicated HA ports. But if you are planning on using  a dataplane fiber port, then you will have to make the dataplane port as type HA:

Once you have configured it as type HA, you can reference this port under HA settings.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[hshah]

HI VSU,

Port displays only "HA" Interfaces. Fiber ports are not yet HA ports.

Hence, Let say if Ethernet 1/1 is Fiber port than perform bellow action.

After this you should be able to see ethernet 1/1 in port dropdown.

Regards,

Hardik Shah

[VSU_ITSEC]

Thanks. I found that quickly.  So I can use the fiber for both HA 1 & 2, correct?

[ssharma]

Yes, that is correct.

[hshah]

Hi VSU,

Fiber or Ethernet, its just a media type. Finally they follow TCP/IP stack. Hence you are good to go.

Regards,

Hardik Shah