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TCP, UDP, ICMP, and multicast sessions

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TCP, UDP, ICMP, and multicast sessions

To enable session-pickup, go to System > HA and enable session-pickup.

From the CLI enter:

config system ha

set session-pickup enable

end

When session-pickup is enabled, the FGCP synchronizes the primary unit's TCP session table to all cluster units. As soon as a new TCP session is added to the primary unit session table, that session is synchronized to all cluster units. This synchronization happens as quickly as possible to keep the session tables synchronized.

If the primary unit fails, the new primary unit uses its synchronized session table to resume all TCP sessions that were being processed by the former primary unit with only minimal interruption. Under ideal conditions all TCP sessions should be resumed. This is not guaranteed though and under less than ideal conditions some TCP sessions may need to be restarted.

Enabling UDP and ICMP session failover

If session pickup is enabled, you can use the following command to also enable UDP and ICMP session failover:

config system ha

set session-pickup-connectionless enable

end

Enabling multicast session failover

To configure multicast session failover, use the following command to change the multicast TTL timer to a smaller value than the default. The recommended setting to support multicast session failover is 120 seconds (2 minutes). The default setting is 600 seconds (10 minutes).

config system ha

set multicast-ttl 120

end

The multicast TTL timer controls how long to keep synchronized multicast routes on the backup unit (so they are present on the backup unit when it becomes the new primary unit after a failover). If you set the multicast TTL lower the multicast routes on the backup unit are refreshed more often so are more likely to be accurate. Reducing this time causes route synchronization to happen more often and could affect performance.

TCP, UDP, ICMP, and multicast sessions

To enable session-pickup, go to System > HA and enable session-pickup.

From the CLI enter:

config system ha

set session-pickup enable

end

When session-pickup is enabled, the FGCP synchronizes the primary unit's TCP session table to all cluster units. As soon as a new TCP session is added to the primary unit session table, that session is synchronized to all cluster units. This synchronization happens as quickly as possible to keep the session tables synchronized.

If the primary unit fails, the new primary unit uses its synchronized session table to resume all TCP sessions that were being processed by the former primary unit with only minimal interruption. Under ideal conditions all TCP sessions should be resumed. This is not guaranteed though and under less than ideal conditions some TCP sessions may need to be restarted.

Enabling UDP and ICMP session failover

If session pickup is enabled, you can use the following command to also enable UDP and ICMP session failover:

config system ha

set session-pickup-connectionless enable

end

Enabling multicast session failover

To configure multicast session failover, use the following command to change the multicast TTL timer to a smaller value than the default. The recommended setting to support multicast session failover is 120 seconds (2 minutes). The default setting is 600 seconds (10 minutes).

config system ha

set multicast-ttl 120

end

The multicast TTL timer controls how long to keep synchronized multicast routes on the backup unit (so they are present on the backup unit when it becomes the new primary unit after a failover). If you set the multicast TTL lower the multicast routes on the backup unit are refreshed more often so are more likely to be accurate. Reducing this time causes route synchronization to happen more often and could affect performance.