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Sidewinder G2 6.1.1 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

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Managing an HA cluster<br />

Scheduling a s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown for an HA cluster <strong>Sidewinder</strong><br />

<strong>G2</strong><br />

When a <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> that belongs to an HA cluster is shutdown by<br />

an administrator (for example, to perform scheduled maintenance), a<br />

s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown will automatically occur (assuming the shutdown time<br />

is not immediate). A s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown provides a buffer period before<br />

the actual shutdown occurs, allowing the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> to stop<br />

accepting new connections, while allowing most existing connections<br />

to complete before the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> actually shuts down. IP filter<br />

processing is also transferred to the remaining <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>.<br />

By default, the s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown process will begin 30 minutes prior to a<br />

scheduled shutdown. If the shutdown is scheduled to occur in less<br />

than 30 minutes, the s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown process will begin immediately<br />

and will remain in effect until the actual shutdown time occurs. You<br />

can also manually increase or decrease the length <strong>of</strong> the s<strong>of</strong>t<br />

shutdown period.<br />

For example, suppose you configure the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> to shutdown<br />

in two hours using the default s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown <strong>of</strong> 30 minutes. The<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> will continue to accept and process connections for<br />

1.5 hours. When the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> is 30 minutes from the shutdown<br />

time, it will stop accepting new connections and existing connections<br />

will have 30 minutes to complete. After the s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown period<br />

completes, the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> will shutdown and will be unavailable<br />

until it is rebooted.<br />

The s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown feature is specified via command line. If you<br />

schedule a shutdown using the Admin Console, the default s<strong>of</strong>t<br />

shutdown time will be applied. The following bullets provide<br />

examples <strong>of</strong> configuring an HA cluster <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> for shutdown:<br />

If you want the s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown process to begin immediately, use<br />

the following command (the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> must be shutdown or<br />

manually rebooted once the s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown process is complete):<br />

cf failover s<strong>of</strong>tshutdown<br />

To configure s<strong>of</strong>t shutdown to occur for a specific amount <strong>of</strong> time,<br />

as follows:<br />

shutdown -s [s<strong>of</strong>t_shutdown_time] [shutdown_time]<br />

High Availability 16-27

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