Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 6 Managing Devices
Clustering Devices
After you establish a device cluster, you can configure a high availability link interface, as explained in
To cluster devices or device stacks:
Access:
Admin/Network Admin
Step 1
Select
Devices > Device Management
.
The Device Management page appears.
Step 2
From the
Add
drop-down menu, select
Add Cluster
.
The Add Cluster pop-up window appears.
Step 3
In the
Name
field, type the name of the cluster.
You may enter alphanumeric characters and special characters, with the exception of the following
characters, which are invalid: +, (, ), {, }, #, &, \, <, >, ?, ‘, and “.
characters, which are invalid: +, (, ), {, }, #, &, \, <, >, ?, ‘, and “.
Step 4
Select the
Active
device or stack for the cluster.
Step 5
Select the
Backup
device or stack for the cluster.
Step 6
Click
Cluster
.
The device cluster is added. This process takes a few minutes as the process synchronizes system data.
Editing Device Clusters
License:
Control
Supported Devices:
Series 3
After you establish a device cluster, most changes you make to the device configuration also change the
configuration of the entire cluster.
configuration of the entire cluster.
You can view the status of the cluster by hovering your pointer over the status icon in the
General
section.
You can also view which device or stack is the active peer and backup peer in the cluster.
See the following sections for more information:
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To edit a device cluster:
Access:
Admin/Network Admin
Step 1
Select
Devices > Device Management
.
The Device Management page appears.
Step 2
Next to the device cluster where you want to edit the configuration, click the edit icon (
).
The Cluster page appears.