pix failover

[mahesh18]

Hi everyone,

Below is config 

show failover
Failover On
Cable status: Normal
Reconnect timeout 0:00:00
Poll frequency 15 seconds
Last Failover at: 00:24:33 MDT Sat May 12 2018
This host: Secondary - Active
Active time: 49170 (sec)
Interface outside (10.41.26.7): Normal
Interface inside (10.23.104.7): Normal
Interface intf2 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf3 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf4 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf5 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Other host: Primary - Standby
Active time: 0 (sec)
Interface outside (10.41.26.8): Normal
Interface inside (10.23.104.8): Normal
Interface intf2 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf3 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf4 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)
Interface intf5 (0.0.0.0): Link Down (Shutdown)

Stateful Failover Logical Update Statistics
Link : Unconfigured.

need to confirm how can i make primary pix as active?

[mvsheik123 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

See below..

failover
Enable access to the optional failover feature. (Configuration mode.)

failover [active]

Syntax Description
active

Make a PIX Firewall the primary unit. This argument cannot be used in a configuration file.

Only use this command when you need to force control of the connection back to the unit you are accessing, such as when you want to switch control back from a unit after you have fixed a problem and want to restore service to the primary unit. Either enter no failover active on the secondary unit to switch service to the primary or failover active on the primary unit.

PS: Make sure to issue 'write mem' before failover. 

hth

MS

[mahesh18]

many thanks for help