High Availability Status - Field Help

Current Statistics

You can refresh the current statistics displayed on the High Availability Status panel. Also displayed are a current list of heartbeats and reach targets.

State
The current state of the primary host machine. Possible values are:
  • Active--this machine is load balancing packets
  • Standby--this machine is not load balancing packets; it is monitoring the state of an active Dispatcher
  • Idle--this machine is load balancing packets, and is not trying to establish contact with a partner Dispatcher
  • Listen--this machine is listening for communication from a backup Load Balancer

Sub-state
The current sub-state of this machine; only applies if you have started to configure high availability. Possible values are:
  • Synchronized--this machine has established contact with another Dispatcher
  • Not Synchronized--this machine is trying to establish contact with another Dispatcher, but has not yet succeeded

Port number
The number of the port on which this machine is passing back and forth heartbeat messages with its partner.

Role
The role of the port. The port will act as the primary, backup or both (in the case of mutual high availability).

Recovery Strategy
The method in which the primary machine will resume load balancing.
  • Automatically--the primary machine will resume load balancing as soon as it comes back into service.
  • Manual--the primary machine will act as standby for the backup machine until you have manually forced the primary to takeover

Lists

Primary Host
The address of the primary host in dotted decimal format.

Cluster
The cluster name or address to which clients connect. The cluster value is either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. A cluster value of 0.0.0.0 can be used to specify a wildcard cluster. Please refer to the "Use a wildcard cluster to combine server configurations" section in the Load Balancer Administration Guide for more information.

Cluster Address
The address to which clients connect. The cluster address can be either the dotted-decimal IP address or the host name of the machine. If the cluster value is not resolvable, you must provide this IP address of the physical machine.

State
The current state of the primary host machine. Possible values are:
  • Active--this machine is load balancing packets
  • Standby--this machine is not load balancing packets; it is monitoring the state of an active Dispatcher
  • Idle--this machine is load balancing packets, and is not trying to establish contact with a partner Dispatcher
  • Listen--this machine is listening for communication from a backup Load Balancer