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Creating an SRX-series Chassis Cluster—Overview

This section provides an overview of the basic steps to create an SRX-series chassis cluster.

For the basic steps to set up a J-series chassis cluster, see Creating a J-series Chassis Cluster—Overview.

Before You Begin

For background information, read:

Note: For SRX 5600 and SRX 5800 chassis clusters, the placement and type of SPCs must match in the two devices. For SRX 3400 and SRX 3600 chassis clusters, the placement and type of SPCs, IOCs, and NPCs must match in the two devices.

To create an SRX-series chassis cluster:

  1. Physically connect a pair of the same kind of supported SRX-series devices together:
    1. To create the fabric link between two nodes in a cluster, connect any pair of Ethernet interfaces. For most SRX devices, the only requirement is that both interfaces be Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (or 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces). For SRX 210 devices, both interfaces must be of a similar type (that is, a pair of Fast Ethernet interfaces or a pair of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces).

      Figure 50 shows nodes connected using built-in I/O ports for the fabric link.

    2. Connect the control ports that you will use on each device (for example, fpc3 and fpc15). For SRX 3400 and SRX 3600 devices, the control ports are dedicated Gigabit Ethernet ports. For SRX 210 devices, the control port is the highest numbered port (fe-0/0/7). For SRX 5600 and SRX 5800 devices, control ports should be on corresponding slots in the two devices, with the following slot numbering offsets:

      Model

      Offset

      5600

      6 (for example, fpc3 and fpc9)

      5800

      12 (for example, fpc3 and fpc15)

  2. On the first device to be initialized in the cluster—this is the node that will form the cluster—connect to the console port.

    For connection instructions, see the appropriate Services Gateway Getting Started Guide.

    Note: Step 3 does not apply to SRX 210 devices.

  3. Configure the control ports.
  4. Use CLI operational mode commands to enable clustering:
    1. Identify the cluster by giving it the cluster ID.
    2. Identify the node by giving it its own node ID and then reboot the system.
  5. On the other device, connect to the console port and use CLI operational mode commands to enable clustering:
    1. Identify the cluster that the device is joining by setting the same cluster ID you set on the first node.
    2. Identify the node by giving it its own node ID and then reboot the system.

    Note: Step 6 does not apply to SRX 210 devices.

  6. Configure the management interfaces on the cluster.

    See Configuring the Management Interface.

  7. Configure the cluster:

    To use J-Web Quick Configuration, see:

    1. Configuring a Chassis Cluster and Redundancy Groups—Quick Configuration
    2. Configuring Redundant Ethernet Interfaces—Quick Configuration

    To configure the cluster with the CLI, see:

    1. Configuring Chassis Cluster Information
    2. Configuring the Fabric
    3. Configuring Redundancy Groups
    4. Configuring Redundant Ethernet Interfaces
    5. Configuring Interface Monitoring
  8. To initiate manual failover, see Initiating a Manual Redundancy Group Failover.
  9. To configure conditional route advertisement over redundant Ethernet interfaces, see Configuring Conditional Route Advertising.
  10. To verify the configuration, see Verifying the Chassis Cluster Configuration.

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