Table Of Contents
Managing the Watchdog Protocol
Configuring AVMs for High Availability
Viewing and Editing Watchdog Protocol Settings
Managing the Watchdog Protocol
This chapter describes how ANA Manage lets the administrator define AVMs (Autonomous Virtual Machines) for units and enable or disable the watchdog protocol on the AVM.
Configuring AVMs for High Availability—Describes how to enable or disable the watchdog protocol on the AVM.
Viewing and Editing Watchdog Protocol Settings—Describes how to view or edit the properties of an AVM.
For a detailed description of how the watchdog protocol monitors the processes on the units, see Watchdog Protocol, page 2-2.
Configuring AVMs for High Availability
Every AVM in the Cisco ANA fabric is, by default, managed by the watchdog protocol. ANA Manage enables the administrator to define AVMs for units and enable or disable the watchdog protocol on each AVM.
In order to define an AVM:
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The unit must be installed.
•The unit must be connected to the transport network.
•The following default AVMs must be running:
–AVM 0 — The switch AVM
–AVM 99—The management AVM
–AVM 100—The trap management AVM
•The new AVM must have a unique ID within the unit.
Note For detailed information on defining AVMs, see the Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator Guide.
To define an AVM:
Step 1 Select the Cisco ANA Servers branch in the ANA Manage window. The Cisco ANA Servers branch is displayed.
Step 2 Expand the Cisco ANA Servers branch and select the required Cisco ANA Servers Entity sub-branch.
Step 3 Open the New AVM dialog box:
•Right-click the required unit and select New AVM.
Or
•Click New AVM in the toolbar.
Or
•Select File > New AVM.
The New AVM dialog box is displayed.
Step 4 The Enable AVM Protection checkbox is displayed in the New AVM dialog box. Select this checkbox to enable the watchdog protocol on the AVM.
Note We strongly recommended that you do not uncheck the Enable AVM Protection option.
Step 5 Define the properties of the AVM.
Step 6 Click OK. The new AVM, with the watchdog protocol enabled, is added to the selected unit and is displayed in the workspace.
Adding the new AVM creates the registry information for the new AVM in the specified unit. The AVM can now host VNEs.
Viewing and Editing Watchdog Protocol Settings
The administrator can view the properties of an AVM, for example, its status and location. In addition, the administrator can edit some of the properties of the AVM, including enabling or disabling the watchdog protocol.
Note For detailed information on defining and editing AVMs, see the Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator Guide.
To view and edit an AVM's settings:
Step 1 Select the Cisco ANA Servers branch in the ANA Manage window. The Cisco ANA Servers branch is displayed.
Step 2 Expand the Cisco ANA Servers branch and select the required AVMs sub-branch in the tree pane.
Step 3 Open the AVM Properties dialog box:
•Right-click and select Properties.
Or
•Click Properties in the toolbar.
Or
•Select File > Properties.
The AVM Properties dialog box is displayed.
Step 4 Edit the details of the AVM, as required.
Note We strongly recommended that you do not uncheck the Enable AVM Protection option.
Step 5 Click OK. The AVM's new properties are displayed in the workspace.
