topic Does WSA support Failover/Cluster ** urgent ** in Web Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423211#M4409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />hi Donny,</P><P>I have already committed to Cisco presales and Cisco TAC. Cisco presales engineer said it should be supported but Cisco TAC said it doesn't support failover. Which one is correct?</P><P></P><P>parosh </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:18:41 GMT Mizanul Islam 2014-02-12T15:18:41Z Does WSA support Failover/Cluster ** urgent ** https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423209#M4407 <P>Hi,</P><P>any one suggest me, does wsa support active /standby failover or cluster configuration?</P><P>if you have any valid documents please share with me.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Parosh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:01:49 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423209#M4407 Mizanul Islam 2014-02-11T11:01:49Z Does WSA support Failover/Cluster ** urgent ** https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423210#M4408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Parosh,</P><P></P><P>The WSA itself does not have the configuration for clustering or active/passive stand-by failover.</P><P>Depending on your deployment method, there are a number of methods to achive the similar objective from the configuration outside the WSA.</P><P></P><P>In the urgent need of getting the assistance, I suggest you log a case with TAC for quick clarification or contact your Cisco System Engineer, I guess as Cisco Partner you have access to these people.</P><P></P><P>thanks,</P><P>Donny</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:16:50 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423210#M4408 donnylee 2014-02-12T14:16:50Z Does WSA support Failover/Cluster ** urgent ** https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423211#M4409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />hi Donny,</P><P>I have already committed to Cisco presales and Cisco TAC. Cisco presales engineer said it should be supported but Cisco TAC said it doesn't support failover. Which one is correct?</P><P></P><P>parosh </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:18:41 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423211#M4409 Mizanul Islam 2014-02-12T15:18:41Z Does WSA support Failover/Cluster ** urgent ** https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423212#M4410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Its all a matter of definitions. </P><P></P><P>What do YOU mean when you say "failover"???</P><P>What feature/behavior are you looking for? </P><P></P><P></P><P>Right now, when you have 2 or more WSA's in place, the two boxes have NO knowledge of one another... nothing is shared between them....&nbsp; so they can't "failover" to one another... </P><P></P><P>Does that mean there isn't a "high availablity" solution?&nbsp; NO...&nbsp; but it means the boxes don't do it for you. </P><P></P><P>HA for WSA's is handled by the redirection method... eg WCCP, or PAC files, or a load balancer, etc.&nbsp; I think most people doing this use WCCP.&nbsp; The WSA's register with the router or firewall that they're there, and ready to take traffic, when one goes down, the router/fw sees that and just sends traffic to the remaining WSA...</P><P></P><P>I can't find the articles right now, but if you look through this forum for similar questions, you'll find responses I wrote with links to articles.... </P><P></P><P>Ken </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:42:56 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/web-security/does-wsa-support-failover-cluster-urgent/m-p/2423212#M4410 Ken Stieers 2014-02-12T15:42:56Z