topic Re: pix fail over in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-fail-over/m-p/502807#M529979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>just wondering if there is any specific reason why you would prefer the primary to be the active as soon as it backup; as cisco doesn't recommend this operation.</P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094ea7.shtml#failback" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094ea7.shtml#failback</A></P><P></P><P>anyhow, to force the "fail back",</P><P>do "failover active" on the standby unit or "no failover active" on the active unit</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:41:06 GMT jackko 2005-12-04T10:41:06Z pix fail over https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-fail-over/m-p/502806#M529978 <P>I have two 515 failover pix firewall.</P><P>one is primary and other is secondary or standby.</P><P>when primary firewall power fail then secondary is active</P><P>and again when secondary is power fail then primary is again active.</P><P></P><P>But one guy informed me, the pix firewall has configure that primary always active.</P><P>like example: </P><P>when primary firewall power fail then secondary is active</P><P>and again when primary is power on then primary is again active.</P><P>that means if power is avilable then primary firewall is alaways active.</P><P></P><P>any expert know about this or configure it ?.</P><P>or its wrong ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks </P><P>Biplob</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:34:05 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-fail-over/m-p/502806#M529978 iqbalkhan 2020-02-21T08:34:05Z Re: pix fail over https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-fail-over/m-p/502807#M529979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>just wondering if there is any specific reason why you would prefer the primary to be the active as soon as it backup; as cisco doesn't recommend this operation.</P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094ea7.shtml#failback" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094ea7.shtml#failback</A></P><P></P><P>anyhow, to force the "fail back",</P><P>do "failover active" on the standby unit or "no failover active" on the active unit</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:41:06 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-fail-over/m-p/502807#M529979 jackko 2005-12-04T10:41:06Z