Define High Availability Access Routers

Note: To perform this task from PolicyCenter, you must first select a configuration from the Editing Configuration drop-down list at the top of the page.

To define an access router:

1. Click the setup tab.

2. From the Choose Setup Page list, select high availability.

3. In the High Availability setup page, click add router. The Add Router page appears.  show screen

4. Define the router:

5. (Optional) In the Inbound Override Capacity and Outbound Override Capacity fields, define the maximum throughput that is expected to pass through the router. Data rates are specified as integer bits per second, followed by a “K” (thousands), “M” (millions), or "G" (billions).

Note: If you leave the override fields blank, PacketWise uses the sum of the interface speeds to determine the WAN access line capacity for a router. However, in a configuration with multiple WAN interfaces on a router, you may want the inbound and outbound rates for the router to be less than the sum of the interface speeds, if you don't expect to get perfect load balancing between the interfaces. In this type of situation, you might want to configure override values. If both interfaces are up, PacketWise would use the override values for the router when calculating the WAN access line capacity available for the router. If one of the interfaces goes down, PacketWise would use the capacities configured for the active interfaces.

6. Click add router.

7. Add the WAN link interfaces for this router.

8. Repeat the above steps for additional access routers.

9. To see the routers and interfaces listed in the High Availability Configuration table, click Go to High Availability.

See also:

View the High Availability Configuration

Modify High Availability Access Routers

Remove High Availability Access Routers

Define WAN Link Interfaces