05-04-2010 09:00 AM - edited 03-11-2019 10:40 AM
Hi Everyone
I have a problem with two FSWM's in 6500's. Basically whats happened is, the active fw's power failed which caused the standby fw to become the active. The active fw was then booted back up but hasnt become the active fw once again. The status on both fwsm's is now:
Active FWSM:
This host: Secondary - Active
Active time: 5739 (sec)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal (Waiting)
Other host: Primary - Failed
Active time: 17246910 (sec)
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
##### Interface ##### ( #####): Normal
Stanby FSWM:
This host: Primary - Standby
Active time: 0 (sec)
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
Other host: Secondary - Active
Active time: 72796 (sec)
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
##### Interface ##### (#####): Normal
As you can see, there are 5 contexts also. Any idea why the active fswm is still coming up as "failed?"
However there also seems to be a problem with one of the contexts which is no longer allowing some hosts to access the DMZ servers. Ive checked the configs and they both seem to be identical.
Thanks for your help
05-04-2010 02:27 PM
You can check if the secondary can reach the standby ip address.
And if it can reach the standby ip addresses.
Also check if they both see the same vlans.
Probably some failover vlan connectivity issue between the FWSMs is causing this.
I hope it helps.
PK
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