Before beginning to set up your topology, you will need to gather the information needed to input into the servers' set up forms.
The Platform Configuration (
platcfg) utility is used to set up and configure the hardware as well as install the proper
Policy Management application software (that is,
MPE,
CMP,
MRA).
Tip: This information can be collected at any time before beginning the topology set-up procedure without interrupting service.
For more information, refer to Platform Configuration User's Guide.
Topology planning information includes the following:
- Names of existing clusters
- Names for any sites
- The maximum primary site failure threshold, to record site failures (0 is recommended)
- The OAM VIP address of the existing primary site CMP system and, if applicable, the georedundant CMP system
- (Optional) a designated network path, either OAM, REP, SIG-A, SIG-B, or SIG-C for backup (secondary) HA heartbeats between sites
- (Optional) a designated network path, either OAM, REP, SIG-A, SIG-B, or SIG-C for WAN replication traffic between sites
- If DSCP marking for WAN replication traffic is used, the type of DSCP marking
- If multi-stream WAN replication traffic is used, the replication stream count
Information entered using the Platform Configuration utility includes the following:
- Initial provisioning information for servers:
- A host name
- For CMP server access, an OAM Real IP address and subnet mask (IPv4 or IPv6)
- An OAM IPv4/IPv6 default route (default gateway)
- A list of network time protocol (NTP) server IP addresses
- A list of domain name system (DNS) server IP addresses
- Bond interface for the OAM device
- Backplane bond interface of the OAM device
- VLAN IDs for OAM, REP, SIG-A, SIG-B, and SIG-C network paths
- For IPv4-based network elements, an IPv4 VIP address and subnet mask on the SIG-A network
- For inter-topology communication or any IPv6-based network elements, an IPv6 VIP address and subnet mask on the SIG-A network
- For each existing HA cluster:
- If the REP network is used for either WAN replication traffic or backup (secondary) HA heartbeats, a VLAN ID for the REP network path
- If the REP network is used for either WAN replication traffic or backup (secondary) HA heartbeats, an IPv4/IPv6 static address and subnet mask on the REP network for server
- Verify that firewall rules are correctly provisioned