Enabling peering rules, Serial clustering and peering rules – HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator User Manual
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CCELERATOR
Type the backup HP EFS WAN Accelerator’s IP address in the Other
Appliance’s In-path IP Address text box. You must specify the Primary (or
AUX if you have enabled this option) IP address for the HP EFS WAN
Accelerator. For detailed information, see
“Setting the Primary Interface” on
IMPORTANT: The backup HP EFS WAN Accelerator appliance must have a clean data store
before it is initialized for replication and synchronization.
6. Click Apply to apply your settings to the running configuration. (Apply your
settings to test a new configuration before committing it to memory.)
7. Click Save to write your settings to memory or click Reset to return the settings to
their previous values.
NOTE: If you are setting up automated data store synchronization for the first time, the HP EFS
WAN Accelerator service is halted on the backup HP EFS WAN Accelerator. You must restart
the HP EFS WAN Accelerator service on both HP EFS WAN Accelerators for data store
synchronization to occur. For detailed information about restarting the HP EFS WAN
Accelerator service, see the
“Starting and Stopping the HP EFS WAN Accelerator Service and
.
Enabling
Peering Rules
Optionally, you can set peering rules in the Setup: Advanced Networking - Peering
Rules page. Peering rules allow you to define HP EFS WAN Accelerator peering
relationships. There are the following types of peering rules:
Auto. Automatically determines the response for peering requests (performs the
best peering possible).
Accept. Accepts matching peering requests (always peers with the HP EFS WAN
Accelerator located before the source IP address).
Pass. Passes through all matching peering requests (never peers with the HP EFS
WAN Accelerator before the source IP address).
You can configure peering rules that apply to a single port or you can configure peering
rules that apply to a port label. A port label is a label that you assign to a set of ports
so that you can reduce the number of configuration rules in your system. For detailed
information about how to configure port labels, see
“Creating Port Labels” on page 93
Serial Clustering
and Peering Rules
You can provide increased optimization by deploying several HP EFS WAN
Accelerators back-to-back in an in-path configuration to create a serial cluster. For
detailed information, see the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN
Accelerator Deployment Guide.
IMPORTANT: HP strongly recommends that only model 5010 HP EFS WAN Accelerators are
deployed in a serial cluster due to traffic loads.