Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Redundancy Configuration Examples

Step 3

Enter the SNMP community string information for these devices. If they are not 

the same, you must enter the devices one at a time. Then click Next.

Step 4

Enter the device credentials, then click Next.

Step 5

Enter the XML interface information. If the XML interface address field displays 

0.0.0.0, overwrite it with the correct IP address value for XML interface.

Step 6

Choose whether to validate the devices. You must validate the devices in order 

for them to be added to the Hosting Solution Engine. Select the check box, then 

click Next.

If the seed devices were added successfully, the summary window appears and the 

devices will appear in the Device Manager list. If the seed devices were not added, 

an error message appears. Check to be sure the device type is correct and that the 

device is reachable from the Hosting Solution Engine. See 

Setting Up Your 

Network, page 4 10

 for details on setting up your Catalyst 6000 Series devices. 

Step 7

Click Finish.

Step 8

Repeat 

Step 2

 through 

Step 7

 to add the other device.

Step 9

Select Devices >Device Management > Device Redundancy.

Step 10

Select Fault Tolerant CSM Module. Click Next.

Step 11

Select two devices to be redundant. Click Next.

Step 12

Click Discover to start the discovery process. You must run discovery for these 

devices to show up in the configuration tree.

Step 13

Click Status to check the discovery process. Click Refresh to view the devices in 

the Discovered Devices folder in the left pane.

Step 14

Select Devices > Domains to add the devices to a domain.

Step 15

Replace the text, New Domain, with a name of your choice. In this example, we 

will call the domain Hosting.

Step 16

Click on one of the redundant CSM modules and check buttons to select all SLB 

services associated with this device and include them in the new Hosting domain. 

The exact same set of services of the redundant device will be added to the domain 

(provided that they exist). Then click Add. 

The new domain will be added to the list of domains in the left pane. 

Step 17

Select Devices  > Accounts to add a new hosting user and assign the created 

domain to this user. 

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