Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Redundancy Groups
Configuring a Redundancy Group
■ Module Authorization Level—This field displays the number of RPs this
module’s licenses allow it to adopt when it functions on its own. The
authorization level for a redundant module, however, is taken from the
level of the primary module with the most licenses.
■ Protocol Version —When the modules attempt to establish a redundancy
group, each module includes its protocol version in the update messages
sent during the discovery stage. If the modules are not all using the same
protocol version, they cannot establish a group. You should ensure that the
modules are running the same major release version of the software image.
(In the software image, WS.XX.YY, XX indicates the major release version.)
■ Group Authorization Level—This field displays the maximum number of RPs
that the group as a whole can adopt. This number matches the number
for the module with the highest module authorization level. The group
authorization level is not the sum of member’s individual authorization
level. In other words, a redundancy group that includes two primary
modules, one with licenses to adopt 36 RPs and one with licenses to adopt
12, has a group authorization level of 36.
■ Group Connectivity Status—This field displays one of the following:
• All members connected—This is the normal state for a functioning
redundancy group.
• Not all members present—The modules in the group are not all
communicating. A module may be unavailable, or the communication
links between the modules may be disrupted.
• n/a—Redundancy is not enabled.
■ Radio Ports adopted by Group—This field displays the total number of RPs
adopted by the redundancy group. This number should equal the total
number of RPs in your network (or that are part of the group). If the
number indicates that RP has not been adopted, investigate the problem.
■ Radio Ports adopted by this module—This field displays the number of RPs
that this module has adopted. If you are viewing the Network Setup >
Redundancy Group > Configuration screen for a module that is running in
standby mode, this field will typically display 0. If the standby module has
adopted an RP, determine which active module has failed.
■ Adoption capacity in group—The group’s adoption capacity is the total
number of RPs that the group is capable of adopting. This number is a sum
of the adoption capacity of every online member of the group. Remember
that the group authorization level sets the maximum for RPs that the group
can actually adopt: a group might be capable of adopting many more RPs
than its licenses allow.
■ Adoption capacity on this module—The number of RPs that this module is
capable of adopting (the default is 48).