Any body done Cisco Meraki MX warm spare.?
i got these two documents but not get cleared much?
https://www.willette.works/mx-warm-spare/
My doubt are
1.Do in need to register Meraki warmspare Box to dashboard before starting these procedures.
2.where can i add ip address of Meraki warmspare box.
Anybody have a configuration sample to share or much detailed configuration example guide??
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It is very simple, we have 9x HA pairs of MXs 😀
Note: You need 2 or 3 IP addresses for each WAN/internet connection from your provider.
I can recall having overthought this one too. 😉
Yes, you‘ll have to add the Spare first of all. Then, simply go to the MX configuration page and create a Warm Spare pair. You‘ll be presented with the newly added spare MX and be led though the process. The IP will also be configured within this one.
Sorry that this is not a concise Howto document, but it‘s really simple.
It is very simple, we have 9x HA pairs of MXs 😀
Note: You need 2 or 3 IP addresses for each WAN/internet connection from your provider.
Hello cmr,
i have some doubts in step 5.
For Use MX Uplinks IPs
What i understand is i just need to add the secondary WAN in Configure warm Spare>>>WAN 1 shared IP.
And for Use Virtual IPs i can add two more WAN IPs.
So actually what is difference??
Also how can i add heatbeat to check Primary MX is down??
MX Uplink IPs
Existing MX WAN ports have an IP address from the provider that they are connected to.
New MX WAN ports need an additional IP address from each provider
Virtual uplink IPs
Existing MX WAN ports have an IP address from the provider that they are connected to.
New MX WAN ports need an additional IP address from each provider
A floating IP address that is held by the active MX is needed from each provider
The main benefits are:
Outbound traffic always comes from this address, not one MX and then sometimes the other.
Inbound traffic to internal services can go to the virtual IP, otherwise you need to know which MX is active by using dynamic DNS or similar with the inherent delays and complexity, it can work though.
Regarding the heartbeat, the dashboard will send emails about MX failover and WAN link failover
I mean configuring part of heartbeat...
i can add a new vlan for warm spare heartbeat.And network 1.1.1.0/24 .Mx Ip 1.1.1.1 .
assign this vlan to port 4
connect port 4 between MX appliances.
thats all correct??
do I need to add any IP address 1.1.1.2 in mx warm spare box ?? Or does it automatically syn??