Installation guide

Role
The functional state of a server in the SolarWinds Failover Engine Cluster:
active or passive.
Rule
A set of actions performed by SolarWinds Failover Engine when defined
conditions are met.
Secondary
An identity assigned to a server during the SolarWinds Failover Engine
installation process that normally does not change during the life of the server
and usually represents the standby server prior to installation of SolarWinds
Failover Engine.
Security Identifier (SID)
A unique alphanumeric character string that identifies each operating system
and each user in a network of 2003/2008/2012 systems.
Send Queue
The staging area on a server used to store intercepted data changes before
being transported across to a passive server in the replication chain.
Server Monitoring
Monitoring of the active server by the passive server, using a heartbeat
message, to ensure that the active server is functional.
Shared Nothing
A key feature of SolarWinds Failover Engine in which no hardware is shared
between the primary or secondary server. This prevents a single point of failure.
SMTP
A TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail between servers.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet-standard protocol
for managing devices on IP networks.
SolarWinds Channel
The IP communications link used by the SolarWinds Failover Engine system
for the heartbeat and replication traffic.
SolarWinds Failover Engine
The core replication and system monitoring component of the SolarWinds
Failover Engine solution.
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