Here in this article we will understand how to resolve the issue when we are unable to enable HA after replacing old XG with new XG. You can reproduce the issue by following the below steps: Reproducing The Issue: Suppose think like you have three firewalls A, B and C. Here A is acting a primary firewall, B is auxiliary […]
Issue: User UTM firewall is configured in high availability, he is trying to upgrade the firmware by leaving firewall in high availability mode. User observed slave node of the firewall stuck in up2date when updating the firmware. Here is the screenshot of high availability status Resolution: Now from the above screenshot we can understand master node has upgraded its firmware […]
High availability is a clustering technology that is used to maintain uninterrupted service in the event of power, hardware or software failure. HA Configuration Modes: Active Passive: In an active passive mode, the primary device will process all the network traffic. The auxiliary device participates in the cluster but does not process any network traffic. The auxiliary device is in […]
Here in this article, we will discuss some important points which needs to be considered while configuring high availability in sophos XG firewall. First lets discuss about requirements: Devices and Firmware: 1.Devices in HA cluster (auxiliary and primary) must be in same hardware model and revision number. For example. SG 450 rev2 can connect only to SG 450 rev2. 2.All […]