Setting the Administratively DOWN State on First Join in Dual Chassis

Note - This section applies to Scalable Chassis. For ElasticXL Cluster and Maestro, see Setting the Administratively DOWN State on First Join.

Description

You can configure the Scalable Chassis to set a newly installed SGM in a Security Group to be in the administratively DOWN state automatically.

The administrator can confirm that the SGM is configured correctly before changing its state to UP.

Syntax

set cluster configuration high-availability down_on_first_join {0 | 1}

• 0 - Do not enable the administratively DOWN state automatically on an SGM on first join

• 1 - Enable the administratively DOWN state automatically on an SGM first join

To add a new SGM to a Security Group in the administratively DOWN state

Step	Instructions
1	Connect to the command line on the Security Group.
2	Log in.
3	If your default shell is the Expert mode (/bin/bash), then go to Gaia gClish: gclish
4	Enable the administratively DOWN state automatically on a new SGM for the first join: set cluster configuration high-availability down_on_first_join 1 To disable, run the same command with the value 0 (zero).
5	Install a new SGM into the Chassis. See Adding or Replacing an SGM on Scalable Chassis.
6	Add the new SGM to the Security Group: add smo security-group <SGM ID> See Security Group on Scalable Chassis.
7	Make sure the SGM configuration is correct.
8	Change the SGM state to "UP": set cluster members-admin-state ids <SGM ID> up See set cluster members-admin-state.