User's Guide

Before you can synchronize between two devices, you must designate the current device as a
redundant device. Select the Designate this as a Secondary (redundant) device... option to indicate
that this device is a redundant server. When this option is not selected, this device becomes the primary
server and all the fields in this screen are disabled.
To automatically synchronize this Extreme AirDefense appliance with a primary server, provide the
following information:
Field Description
Address The IP address or host name of the primary Extreme AirDefense
appliance.
Port The port number on which the Extreme AirDefense primary server
is running. 8543 is the default port.
Username The username for an account that has login permissions on the
primary Extreme AirDefense server.
Password Password for the above username.
Sync Appliance Name Select this option if you want to synchronize the appliance names
between the primary and secondary servers.
Sync Mail Relay Select this option if you want to synchronize the mail relay server
information between the two servers.
The right pane of this screen enables you to configure the schedule for automatic synchronization. Set
the following parameters:
Field Description
Daily The following configurations are available for the Daily schedule.
• Every - Use this field to synchronize the servers every set
number of days. Use the spinner control to set the number of
days between two consecutive backups. The value can be set
between 1-31 days.
• Weekdays - Use this field to enable synchronization to take
place only on week days. Synchronization does not happen on
weekends, i.e., Saturdays and Sundays.
• Weekdays - Use this field to enable synchronization to take
place only on weekends. Synchronization is only performed on
Saturdays and Sundays.
• Choose Time - Use this field to set the time when the
synchronization happens every day.
Weekly The following configurations are available for the Weekly schedule.
• Select Weekday - Use this drop-down list to select the specific
weekday or weekdays on which this schedule will run. Use the
check-box before each day to select it. You can select multiple
weekdays.
• Choose Time - Use this field to set the time when the
synchronization happens every day.
Configuration Automatic Synchronization
Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5. 295