Hardware Setup for SRX Series Chassis Clusters

An SRX Series chassis cluster is created by physically connecting two identical cluster-supported SRX Series devices together using a pair of the same type of Ethernet connections. The connection is made for both a control link and a fabric (data) link between the two devices.

Control links in a chassis cluster are made using specific ports. For SRX210 devices, you must connect the fe-0/0/7 port to the fe-2/0/7 port to form the control link. For SRX240 devices, connect the ge-0/0/1 port to the ge-5/0/1 port to form the control link. For SRX650 devices, connect the ge-0/0/1 port to the ge-9/0/1 port to form the control link. For a device from the SRX3000 line, the connection that serves as the control link must be between the built-in control ports on each device. SRX5000 line devices do not have built-in ports, so the control link for these gateways must be the control ports on their Services Processing Cards (SPCs) with a slot numbering offset of 6 for SRX5600 devices and 12 for SRX5800 devices.

The fabric link connection for the SRX210 must be a pair of either Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and must be any pair of either Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on all other SRX Series devices. Figure 170, Figure 171, Figure 172, Figure 173 and Figure 174 show pairs of SRX Series devices with the fabric links and control links connected.

Note: For the SRX3000 and SRX5000 lines, the control link ports are a one-to-one mapping with the Routing Engine slot. If your Routing Engine is in slot 0, you must use control port 0 to link the Routing Engines.

Figure 170: Connecting SRX Series Devices in a Cluster (SRX5800 Devices)

Figure 171: Connecting SRX Series Devices in a Cluster (SRX3400 Devices)

Figure 172: Connecting SRX Series Devices in a Cluster (SRX650 Devices)

Figure 173: Connecting SRX Series Devices in a Cluster (SRX240 Devices)

Figure 174: Connecting SRX Series Devices in a Cluster (SRX210 Devices)