To configure the second appliance to be used in an active/active redundant pair (solace2
in this example), do the following:
- Configure and start the primary IP interface for the Message Backbone VRF:
solace2(configure)# ip vrf msg-backbone
solace2(configure/ip/vrf)# create interface 1/1/1:1 primary
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# ip-address 192.168.171.133/19
The primary IP address of the second appliance is the backup IP address of the first appliance (and vice versa).
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# no shutdown
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# exit
solace2(configure/ip/vrf)# exit
solace2(configure/ip)# exit
- Configure and start the backup IP interface for the Message Backbone VRF:
solace2(configure)# ip vrf msg-backbone
solace2(configure/ip/vrf)# create interface 1/1/1:2 backup
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# ip-address 192.168.181.198/19
The backup IP address of the second appliance is the primary IP address of the first appliance (and vice versa).
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# no shutdown
solace2(configure/ip/vrf/interface)# exit
solace2(configure/ip/vrf)# exit
solace2(configure/ip)# exit
- Assign a routing interface:
solace2(configure)# routing interface 1/1/1
solace2(configure/routing)# exit
- Set the active/standby role to
none
to ensure the active/active model is in use, and assign the VRID for the primary virtual router (12
in this example):
solace2(configure)# redundancy
solace2(configure/redundancy)# active-standby-role none
solace2(configure/redundancy)# vrrp-vrid 12 primary
Setting the active/standby role is not applicable to appliances running versions earlier than 9.1.
The VRID for the primary virtual router must be the same as the VRID for the backup virtual router on the mate appliance.
- Tell appliance
solace2
who its mate is and assign the VRID for the backup virtual router (11
in this example):
solace2(configure/redundancy)# mate-router solace1
solace2(configure/redundancy)# vrrp-vrid 11 backup
The VRID for the backup virtual router must be the same as the VRID for the primary virtual router on the mate appliance.
- Start redundancy:
solace2(configure/redundancy)# no shutdown
solace2(configure/redundancy)# exit
The pair of appliances is now configured for active/active redundancy. With this configuration, it can also provide active/standby redundancy.