Understanding Chassis Cluster Redundancy Groups 1 Through 128

You can configure one or more redundancy groups numbered 1 through 128, referred to in this chapter as redundancy group x. The maximum number of redundancy groups is equal to the number of redundant Ethernet interfaces that you configure (for more information, see Maximum Number of Redundant Ethernet Interfaces Allowed). Each redundancy group x acts as an independent unit of failover and is primary on only one node at a time.

Each redundancy group x contains one or more redundant Ethernet interfaces. A redundant Ethernet interface is a pseudointerface that contains at minimum a pair of physical Gigabit Ethernet interfaces or a pair of Fast Ethernet interfaces. If a redundancy group is active on node 0, then the child links of all the associated redundant Ethernet interfaces on node 0 are active. If the redundancy group fails over to node 1, then the child links of all redundant Ethernet interfaces on node 1 become active.

On SRX Series and J Series chassis clusters, you can configure multiple redundancy groups to load-share traffic across the cluster. For example, you can configure some redundancy groups x to be primary on one node and some redundancy groups x to be primary on the other node. You can also configure a redundancy group x in a one-to-one relationship with a single redundant Ethernet interface to control which interface traffic flows through.

The traffic for a redundancy group is processed on the node where the redundancy group is active. Because more than one redundancy group can be configured, it is possible that the traffic from some redundancy groups will be processed on one node while the traffic for other redundancy groups is processed on the other node (depending on where the redundancy group is active). Multiple redundancy groups make it possible for traffic to arrive over an interface of one redundancy group and egress over an interface that belongs to another redundancy group. In this situation, the ingress and egress interfaces might not be active on the same node. When this happens, the traffic is forwarded over the fabric link to the appropriate node.

When you configure a redundancy group x, you must specify a priority for each node to determine the node on which the redundancy group x is primary. The node with the higher priority is selected as primary. The primacy of a redundancy group x can fail over from one node to the other. When a redundancy group x fails over to the other node, its redundant Ethernet interfaces on that node are active and their interfaces are passing traffic.

Table 74 gives an example of redundancy group x in an SRX Series chassis cluster and indicates the node on which the group is primary. It shows the redundant Ethernet interfaces and their interfaces configured for redundancy group x.

Note: SRX210 devices have both Gigabit Ethernet ports and Fast Ethernet ports.

As the example for an SRX Series chassis cluster in Table 74 shows:

• The Routing Engine on node 0 is active because redundancy group 0 is primary on node 0. (The Routing Engine on node 1 is passive, serving as backup.)
• Redundancy group 1 is primary on node 0. Interfaces ge-1/0/0 and ge-1/3/0 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 0 and redundant Ethernet interface 1 are active and handling traffic.
• Redundancy group 2 is primary on node 1. Interfaces ge-24/0/0 and ge-24/3/0 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 2 and redundant Ethernet interface 3 are active and handling traffic.
• Redundancy group 3 is primary on node 0. Interfaces ge-3/0/0 and ge-3/3/0 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 4 and redundant Ethernet interface 5 are active and handling traffic.

Table 75 gives an example of redundancy groups x in a J Series chassis cluster and indicates the node on which each group is primary. It shows the redundant Ethernet interfaces and their interfaces configured for each redundancy group x.

As the example for a J Series chassis cluster in Table 75 shows:

• The Routing Engine on node 1 is active because redundancy group 0 is primary on node 1. (The Routing Engine on node 0 is passive, serving as backup.)
• Redundancy group 1 is primary on node 1. Interfaces fe-8/0/0 and fe-8/0/1 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 0 and redundant Ethernet interface 1 are active and handling traffic.
• Redundancy group 2 is primary on node 1. Interfaces ge-9/0/0 and ge-9/0/1 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 2 and redundant Ethernet interface 3 are active and handling traffic.
• Redundancy group 3 is primary on node 0. Interfaces ge-3/0/0 and ge-3/0/1 belonging to redundant Ethernet interface 4 and redundant Ethernet interface 5 are active and handling traffic.

Related Topics

• JUNOS Software Feature Support Reference for SRX Series and J Series Devices
• Understanding Chassis Cluster Redundancy Group 0: Routing Engines
• Example: Configuring Chassis Cluster Redundancy Groups (CLI)
• Verifying Chassis Cluster Redundancy Group Status
• Understanding Chassis Cluster Redundancy Group Failover
• Understanding Chassis Cluster Redundant Ethernet Interfaces
• Understanding Chassis Cluster Formation