Step 3: Setting Up Primary Site Cluster

Before you proceed, you must have completed Step 2: Setting Up the Georedundant Sites.

CAUTION: This procedure interrupts service.

To configure the primary site cluster:

  1. From the Platform Setting section of the navigation pane, select Topology Settings.

    The Cluster Configuration page opens; the initial group is All Clusters.

  2. From the content tree, select All Clusters.

    The Cluster Configuration page opens.

  3. Click View for the MPE cluster you are expanding with Server-C.

    The Topology Configuration page for the selected MPE cluster opens.

  4. Click Modify Primary Site.

    The fields in the Primary Site Settings section of the page becomes editable.

  5. In the Primary Site Settings section of the page:
    1. Select the primary Site Name from the list: Site-1.
    2. Confirm the configuration settings: HW Type, Network Configuration, and Signaling VIPs.
    3. If the REP network is used, in the User Defined Network section, enter the VLAN ID for the REP network.
  6. In the Server-A section of the page, confirm the settings in the General Settings section.
  7. In the Path Configuration section, click Add New.

    The New Path dialog box appears.

    1. Enter the Static IP address and subnet Mask.
    2. Select the Interface (for this example, the SIG-A network).
    3. Click Save.
  8. If the REP network is used, repeat the process for adding a Static IP.
  9. Repeat the process for Server-B.
  10. Click Save.

    A restart message appears.

  11. Click OK.

    Server-A restarts.

The Primary Site Settings are defined.
Proceed to Step 4: Setting Up the Secondary Site with Server-C.
Parent topic: Example: Adding Georedundancy to an Existing Topology