Sophos Firewall Ha Configuration
Disable high availability ha in this video we show how to disable high availability.
Sophos firewall ha configuration. Plug and play deployment enables quick installation and configuration with just a few clicks since the firewall automatically recognizes the sophos wireless access point as soon as it s connected. The devices the primary and auxiliary device are physically connected over a dedicated ha link port. This must be the same port on both sides. Dedicated ha link port.
In active active mode both the primary device and auxiliary device process traffic while the primary unit is in charge of balancing the traffic. Sophos firewall devices can be configured in active active or active passive ha modes. You must configure the auxiliary device before you can configure the primary device and enable ha. Specify the initial ha device state.
How to configure active active high availability. Configure the primary xg firewall. This video outlines how to deploy an xg firewall from sophos central using zero touch deployment and then setup a red site to site tunnel between two xg firewall devices. You cannot configure interfaces using dhcp pppoe protocols when ha cluster is configured in active active mode.
How to configure a bridge kb 000035688 02 20 2020 02 20 2020. Sophos firewall manager sfm sophos central firewall manager cfm or sophos central centrally manages your sophos xg firewall device. Central management allows you to configure keep alive requests and to enable configuration and signature updates of the device through the firewall manager. High performance with the latest 802 11ac wave 2 wireless standard and powerful radios offering maximum coverage and throughput.
Masqueraded connections in case of the manual synchronization events from any of the ha cluster devices all the masqueraded connections will be dropped. Configure ha primary device navigate to system services ha and configure ha parameters as shown below. Initial ha device state. High availability note support for ha varies according to device model.