Re: Implementing PIX Failover over a Fibre link?

[Carson Gaspar <carson () tla org>]

--On 09/14/00 11:39:04 AM +0100 gary.smith () ScottishAmicable co uk wrote:

> We have a requirement for multi-site resiliance for one of our customers
> Extranet sites and I would ideally like to have the 2 PIX firewalls
> communicating in the active-passive failover mode, however, the two sites
> are approximately 2 miles distant from one another.  The question is, can
> 2 PIX firewalls operate across a fibre link in failover mode, and if so,
> how?

Today, this is not possible (at least, not easily). The PIX failover cable 
is a serial cable with some high/low pins to determine primary/secondary 
and box "upness". Cisco keeps claiming that they'll have a network-based 
failover cable, but it hasn't happened yet.

--
Carson


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