Creating a J-series Chassis Cluster—Overview

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

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

Note: For J-series chassis clusters, the two nodes in a cluster must be identical models, but can have any combination of PIMs installed.

To create a J-series chassis cluster:

1. Physically connect a pair of the same kind of supported J-series devices together:
   1. To create the fabric link between two nodes in a cluster, connect any pair of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, either the built-in interfaces or interfaces on the PIMs. The only requirement is that both interfaces be Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

      Figure 52 shows nodes connected using the built-in ge-0/0/1 interface for the fabric link.

   2. Connect the ge-0/0/3 interfaces together to create the control link.
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 J-series Services Routers Hardware Guide.

3. Use CLI operational mode commands to enable clustering:
   1. Identify the cluster by giving it a cluster ID.
   2. Identify the node by giving it its own node ID and then reboot the system.
4. 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.
5. Configure the management interfaces on the cluster.

   See Configuring the Management Interface.

6. 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
   3. Configuring a Gigabit Interface—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—Quick Configuration
   5. Configuring Interface Monitoring
7. To initiate manual failover, see Initiating a Manual Redundancy Group Failover.
8. To configure conditional route advertisement over redundant Ethernet interfaces, see Configuring Conditional Route Advertising.
9. To verify the configuration, see Verifying the Chassis Cluster Configuration.

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