User Manual

USER MANUAL
Peplink Balance Series
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High Availability Settings
High Availability
Checking this box specifies that the Peplink Balance unit is part of a High Availability
configuration.
Group Number
This setting specifies a number that identifies a pair of Peplink Balance units that
operate in a High Availability configuration.
The two Peplink Balance units in the pair must have the same Group Number value.
Preferred Role
This setting specifies whether the Peplink Balance unit operates in Master or Slave
mode.
Click the corresponding radio button to set the role of the unit.
One of the units in the pair must be configured as the Master and the other unit must
be configured as the Slave
Resume Master
Role Upon
Recovery
This option is displayed when Master mode is selected in Preferred Role.
If this option is enabled, once the device is recovered from outage, it will take over
and resume its Master role from the slave unit.
Configuration
Sync.
This option is displayed when Slave mode is selected in Preferred Role.
If this option is enabled and the Master Serial Number entered matches with the
actual master unit's, the master unit will automatically transfer the configuration to
this unit. Please make sure the LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask fields are set
correctly in the LAN Settings page.
You can refer to the Event Log for the configuration synchronization status.
Master Serial
Number
If the box Configuration Sync. is checked, serial number of the Master unit is
required to be entered here.
Virtual IP
The setting specifies the LAN IP address on which the active Peplink Balance
listens.
The value of Virtual IP represents a LAN IP address that is shared among the
Master and Slave units; however, at any time, only one of the two units will listen on
the IP address.
If the WAN is configured in NAT mode, Default Gateway of the clients on the LAN
should be set to the virtual IP. These configurations are not required when the WAN
is configured in Drop-in mode.
LAN
Administration
IP
This setting specifies a LAN IP address to be used for accessing administration
functionality.
This address should be unique within the LAN.
Subnet Mask
This setting specifies the subnet mask of the LAN.