Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

Enabling graceful server failure  

You can configure the WSM so that when a server fails, traffic and state information for that server's existing connections are still maintained. By default, this option is disabled.

To enable graceful server failure for the WSM:

1. From the device view, select the Web Switching Module.

The Web Switching Module is highlighted.

2. From the Edit menu, choose WSM Card > L4 Switching> SLB.

The Server Load Balance dialog box opens to the General tab.

3. In the Graceful Failover field, click Enabled.
4. Click Set > Apply.

An Information dialog box opens reminding you to save the configuration.

5. Click OK.

The Information dialog box closes.

6. From the General tab, click Close.

Graceful server failure is configured and the SLB dialog box closes.

7. To save the change, right-click the WSM card and choose one of the following from the shortcut menu:
• Save configuration (backup)--Saves changes to the active and backup WSM configuration blocks.
• Save configuration (no backup)--Saves changes to the active WSM configuration block.

See also:

• SLB--General tab fields
• About server failures
• About service failures
• About health checking
• Configuring a health check for a real server group
• Modifying the health check interval and retries
• Health Checking