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Firewall Load Balancing Guide

Rx Indicates the state of the receive side of the path. The state can be

one of the following:

• 0 – The receive side is down.

• 1 – The receive side is up.

State The state of the other end of the path. The state can be one of the

following:

• 3 – The ServerIron at the other end of the path is in standby

mode for the firewall group.

• 5 – The ServerIron at the other end of the path is in active

mode for the firewall group.

Note: This field applies only to IronClad FWLB. If the ServerIron is not

configured with another ServerIron as the active or backup ServerIron

for IronClad FWLB, the state is always 0.

IronClad FWLB Information

Note: These fields apply only to IronClad FWLB.

State The state of this end of the path. The state can be one of the

following:

• 0 – Unknown. Generally, this indicates that the link is down.

• 3 – The ServerIron is in standby mode for the firewall group.

• 5 – The ServerIron is in active mode for the firewall group.

Note: This field applies only to IronClad FWLB. If the ServerIron is not

configured with another ServerIron as the active or backup ServerIron

for IronClad FWLB, the state is always 0.

Partner known Indicates whether this ServerIron can see (has Layer 2 connectivity

with) the other ServerIron in the pair.

This field can have one of the following values:

• No – This ServerIron does not have Layer 2 connectivity with

its partner. Generally, this indicates that the link is down.

• Yes – This ServerIron has Layer 2 connectivity with its

partner.

Note: This field applies only to the other ServerIron in an active-

standby configuration for IronClad FWLB.

Port The port that connects this ServerIron to its partner. If the partners are

connected by a trunk group, this port number is the number of the

primary port (the lowest numbered port) in the trunk group.

Activates The number of times this ServerIron has changed from being the

standby ServerIron to become the active ServerIron for the firewall

group.

Inactivations The number of times this ServerIron has changed from being the

active ServerIron to become the standby ServerIron for the firewall

group.

Table 9.1: FWLB Path Information (Continued)

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