Watchguard V10 Supplementary Manual

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14 High Availability for Vcontroller and CPMDetailed System StatusDetailed HA system status is shown in the System Configuration/HighAvailability window. This status includes the HA role, status, DBtimestamp, and failure reason (if one exists) for both systems.To view detailed system status, open the System Configuration windowand click on the High Availability tab. You can view the HA status of boththe primary and secondary appliances at the same time. The following listdescribes the possible Status messages you might see.Setting and Responding to AlarmsWhen a system fails, an Event alarm is generated and the failover processis logged in the event log. You can check the alarms and the event log todetermine when the failover occurred.Make sure that you open and edit the existing Event Alarm definition sothat you are notified by an SNMP trap, email alert, or both. You shouldalso make sure that all SNMP stations have been registered in theappliances, as can be done in the System Configuration window SNMPtab.Active The current appliance is activeFailed The current appliance has failed (for example, the link is down)Takeover The peer appliance has failed and the current system takes over.Admin Administration mode.Unavailable When then current appliance cannot detect its peer appliance, itshows this state in the peer HA status.