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Chapter 58 Using the High Availability and Scalability Wizard
Configuring Failover with the High Availability and Scalability Wizard
The failover configuration is sent to the adaptive security appliance and to the failover peer.
High Availability and Scalability Wizard Screens
The High Availability and Scalability Wizard guides you through a step-by-step process of creating
either an Active/Active failover configuration, an Active/Standby failover configuration, or a VPN
Cluster Load Balancing configuration.
As you go through the wizard, screens appear according to the type of failover that you are configuring
and the hardware platform that you are using.
This section includes the following topics:
• Configuration Type, page 58-5
• Failover Peer Connectivity and Compatibility Check, page 58-6
• Change a Device to Multiple Mode, page 58-6
• Security Context Configuration, page 58-7
• Failover Link Configuration, page 58-7
• State Link Configuration, page 58-7
• Standby Address Configuration, page 58-8
• VPN Cluster Load Balancing Configuration, page 58-9
• Summary, page 58-9
Configuration Type
The Configuration Type screen lets you select the type of failover or VPN cluster load balancing to
configure. The Firewall Hardware/Software Profile area shows the following display-only information:
• Hardware model number of the adaptive security appliance.
• Number of interfaces available on the adaptive security appliance.
• Number of modules installed on the adaptive security appliance.
• Version of the platform software on the adaptive security appliance.
• Type of failover license installed on the device. You may need to purchase an upgraded license to
configure failover.
• Firewall mode (routed or transparent) and the context mode (single or multiple).
To choose the type of failover configuration that you want, click one of the following options:
• Configure Active/Active Failover for Active/Active failover.
• Configure Active/Standby Failover for Active/Standby failover.
• Configure VPN Cluster Load Balancing to participate in VPN load balancing as part of a cluster.
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