1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Applicable Platforms
  3. HA Cabling

HA Cabling

Category 6 Ethernet cables are required for cabling two HA nodes together.

Rear Panel Cabling for HA

You can use one connection for High Availability (HA) redundancy support between the two members of an HA node. Oracle recommends reserving wancom0 as the boot and maintenance interface. You can use wancom1 or wancom2 for sharing HA information.

Figure 1-22 Oracle X8-2 Configuration A (4x10 GigE NIC)


This image displays the rear view of the X8-2, per the image title

Figure 1-23 Oracle X8-2 Configuration B (Two 4x10 GigE NICs)


This image displays the rear view of the X8-2, per the image title

Figure 1-24 Oracle X8-2 Configuration B (One QSFP and One 4x10 GigE NICs)


This image displays the rear view of the X8-2, per the image title

Cable a Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet HA Node

The following procedure explains how to cable a Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet High Availability (HA) node using single rear interface support.

  1. Insert one end of an Ethernet cable into wancom1 or wancom2 on the rear panel of Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet #1. The release tab on the RJ-45 jack clicks into place when you insert it properly.

    Attention:

    The Communications Broker 4.0.0 Release enables support for High Availibility using the Wancom1 or Wancom2 ports. With this enhancement you can use Communications Broker as HA with either wancom1 or wancom2 or both wancom1 and wancom2 ports (wancom2 as redundant interface). Please note, support for this feature is available on X8-2 hardware. For Wancom2 support, connect the cable between the Wancom2 ports on both hardware (similar to Wancom1).
  2. Review the Cabling diagram:

    Figure 1-25 Cable the Rear Interface for HA

    This illustration shows the cable connection between the wancom 1 or wancom2 ports on two Netra X8-2 for Acme Packet devices in an HA pair.
  3. Insert the other end of the Ethernet cable into the corresponding management interface on the rear panel of the Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet #2 as shown in the following illustration.
    For example, If you use wancom1 or wancom2 on Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet #1, then you connect it to wancom1 or wancom2 on Netra Server X8-2 for Acme Packet #2.