Monitoring Link State of Management Interfaces in Dual Chassis

By default, Standby Chassis monitors the link state only on data ports (eth<X>-<YZ>).

The Management Monitor feature uses SNMP to monitor management ports for the SSM440 hardware components.

The link state is sent to all SGMs and is integrated with the Standby Chassis High Availability mechanism.

The Management Monitor feature is disabled by default.

To enable this feature, run the "set cluster configuration high-availability mgmt-monitoring on" command in Gaia gClish on the Security Group (see set cluster configuration high-availability).

When the Management Monitor feature is enabled:

  • The monitored management ports are included in the Standby Chassis grade mechanism, according to the predefined factors (default is 11).

  • The output of the "asg stat -v" command shows the Management ports.

    See the "Site Parameters > Ports > Mgmt" line in the output example below.

  • The "show interfaces" command in Gaia gClish shows the link state of management interfaces based on this feature mechanism.

Important:

In a Dual Chassis deployment, if the number of SGMs differs between Standby Chassis 1 and Standby Chassis 2, after you activate the monitoring of management interfaces, you must manually adjust the gap in the chassis grade that is required for chassis failover.

The grade is calculated from all healthy modules in the system: SGM, SSM, Fans, PSU, and so on.

For example:

  • Standby Chassis 1 has the grade of X

  • Standby Chassis 2 has the grade of Y

  • If the difference between these grades is greater than 11, chassis failover occurs

Example

[Expert@SG-s01-01:0]# gclish

[Global] SG-s01-01 > show cluster configuration high-availability mgmt-monitoring
1_01:
off

1_02:
off

1_03:
off

1_04:
off

1_05:
off

2_01:
off

2_02:
off

2_03:
off

2_04:
off

2_05:
off

[Global] SG-s01-01 > set cluster configuration high-availability mgmt-monitoring on
1_01:
success

1_02:
success

1_03:
success

1_04:
success

1_05:
success

2_01:
success

2_02:
success

2_03:
success

2_04:
success

2_05:
success

[Global] SG-s01-01 > asg stat -v

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| System Status - 64000                                                        |
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| Cluster Mode                | Active Up                                      |
| Up time                     | 2 days, 02:26:01 hours                         |
| Members                     | 10/10                                          |
| Version                     | R82 (Build Number XXX)                        |
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| Member ID             Site1                              Site2               |
|                       STANDBY                            ACTIVE              |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  1                   ACTIVE                             ACTIVE               |
|  2                   ACTIVE                             ACTIVE               |
|  3                   ACTIVE                             ACTIVE               |
|  4                   ACTIVE                             ACTIVE               |
|  5                   ACTIVE                             ACTIVE               |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Site Parameters                                                              |
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| Unit        |        Site1              |        Site2              | Weight |
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| Members     |          5 / 5            |          5 / 5            |   6    |
| Ports       |                           |                           |        |
|   Standard  |          1 / 1            |          1 / 1            |  11    |
|   Bond      |          2 / 2            |          2 / 2            |  11    |
|   Mgmt      |          1 / 1            |          1 / 1            |  11    |
|   Mgmt Bond |          0 / 0            |          0 / 0            |  11    |
|   Other     |          0 / 0            |          0 / 0            |   6    |
| Sensors     |                           |                           |        |
|   Fans      |          6 / 6            |          6 / 6            |   5    |
|   SSMs      |          2 / 2            |          2 / 2            |  11    |
|   CMMs      |          2 / 2            |          2 / 2            |   6    |
|   PSUs      |          5 / 5            |          5 / 5            |   6    |
|             |                           |                           |        |
| Grade       |        168 / 168          |        168 / 168          |   -    |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Minimum grade gap for site failover:                                  11     |
| Synchronization                                                              |
|     Sync to Active site:       Enabled                                       |
|     Sync to Standby site:      Enabled                                       |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Site HA mode:                 Active Up                                      |
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[Global] SG-s01-01 > 

[Global] SG-s01-01 > show interfaces
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Interfaces Data                                                                                           |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Interface      |IPv4 Address                         |Info        |Link State          |Speed|MTU  |Duplex|
|               |MAC  Address                         |            |(site1)/(site2)     |     |     |      |
|               |IPv6 Address (global)                |            |                    |     |     |      |
|               |IPv6 Address (local)                 |            |                    |     |     |      |
+---------------+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+-----+-----+------+
... ... ...
+---------------+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+-----+-----+------+
|eth1-Mgmt1     |192.168.15.234/25                    |Ethernet    |(Up)/(Up)           |10G  |1500 |Full  |
|               |xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx                    |            |                    |     |     |      |
|               |-                                    |            |                    |     |     |      |
|               |xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64         |            |                    |     |     |      |
+---------------+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+-----+-----+------+
... ... ...
[Global] SG-s01-01 >