both cluster members show master - problem

[karimi]

hiya

hi, configured 2 new nokia IP390s for clustering -- (Ipso 4.1, NGX r60)

i config the primary, it says master, all is good - and on the secondary, i go "create cluster" give it the same clusterID as the primary (500) enter the cadmin passwd, and click JOIN - it does Join & pull down the cluster info with no errors, but i notice that it's state is master, not member, as the secondary should be!

I check the primary and it's a master as well. the 2 nokias are connected to each other through a hub..and NGX is not running & "Monitor VPN-1/FW-1:" is disabled- so nothing to block the boxes talking.. and by the way, when i log onto the cluster VIP ip and sign in as 'cadmin', i only see 1 cluster member, not both - i should be seeing "master" and then "member" - but i only see 1. something is weird.

any clues?

[karimi]

seemed to have figured out the source of the problem.


If you only have 1 interface on each FW in the cluster, (aside from the interface you are configuring the FW from) the cluster status won't come up. It will stay at "initialized".

Adding a 2nd interface seemed to work.

Can anyone comment that it seems you need 2 separate interfaces on each FW member before the cluster will join?

[gahsan]

HI
As i remember you have to use minimum 2 interface in the Nokia IP clustering, where oe interface is dedicated to nokia cluter protocol.