Cisco Cisco Expressway
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No peers configured (
System > Clustering
– all Peer x IP address fields on this page should be blank.
If not, delete any entries and click Save).
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H.323 Mode set to On (
Configuration > Protocols > H.323
)
4. Ensure that this Expressway does not list any of the Expressways that are to be peers in this new cluster
in any of its neighbor zones or traversal zones (
Configuration > Zones > Zones
then check each
neighbor and traversal zone).
5. Go to
System > DNS
and ensure that System host name is the DNS hostname for this Expressway
(typically the same as the System name in
System > Administration
, but excluding spaces, and
unique for each Expressway in the cluster). If it is not configured correctly, set it up appropriately and
click Save.
Note: <System host name>.<DNS domain name> = FQDN of this Expressway
click Save.
Note: <System host name>.<DNS domain name> = FQDN of this Expressway
6. Go to
Configuration > Call routing
and set Call signaling optimization to On.
7. Click Save.
8. Enable maintenance mode:
a. Go to
Maintenance > Maintenance mode
.
b. Set Maintenance mode to On.
c. Click Save and click OK on the confirmation dialog.
c. Click Save and click OK on the confirmation dialog.
9. Wait for all calls to clear on this peer.
If necessary, manually remove any calls on this peer that do not clear automatically (using the web
browser go to
browser go to
Status > Calls
, then select the check box next to the calls you want to terminate and click
Disconnect).
10. Go to
System > Clustering
and ensure that Cluster name is the routable Fully Qualified Domain Name
).
Change the Cluster name if necessary.
11. Click Save.
12. On the
Clustering
page configure the fields as follows:
Configuration master
1
Cluster pre-shared key
Enter a password (any characters)
Peer 1 IP address
Set to the IP address of this (the master peer) Expressway
Note: If the Expressway has advanced networking, the Peer IP address MUST specify the LAN 1
interface address. Also, this interface must not have NAT enabled on it.
interface address. Also, this interface must not have NAT enabled on it.
13. Click Save.
To the right of the Peer 1 IP address field the words “
This system
” should appear (though this may
require the page to be refreshed before they appear).
14. Restart the Expressway (go to
Maintenance > Restart options
, then click Restart and confirm OK).
After the restart, on the master Expressway web interface:
1. Check that configuration data exists as expected (
System
,
Configuration
and
Application
menus).
2. Backup the Expressway (
Maintenance > Backup and restore
).
Cisco Expressway Cluster Creation and Maintenance Deployment Guide (X8.6)
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Setting up a new cluster of Expressway peers