4.3.11 Identifying Standby IPFE Instance

Perform the following procedure to find the Standby IPFE instance.

1. On Active SOAM GUI, navigate to IPFE from Main Menu, then select Configuration and click Target Sets.
2. Select the preferred Active IPFE for a Target Set.
   • If IPFE-A1 is mentioned in preferred Active for target set, then IPFE-A2 is standby and vice-versa
   • if IPFE B1 is mentioned in preferred Active for target set, then IPFE-B2 is standby and vice-versa
3. Assume that IPFE-A2 is standby from the above steps.
4. On Active SOAM GUI, navigate to IPFE from Main Menu, then select Configuration and click Options.
5. Check which instance IP is mentioned in IPFE-A2 configuration and consider that IPFE instance is Standby IPFE.