Monitor

This page contains three tabs which display the monitor of system status, service, and network interface. This page allows you to monitor certain targets. If a monitored target fails on the active server, the system will failover to the standby, passive server (as long as the passive server is operating normally). The following tabs appear on this page:

System Status Tab

The system status is monitored by default, and cannot be disabled. Failover will be triggered when system failures occur in the active server. The following sections appear on this tab:

Service Tab

Displays services that can be monitored and their status. Failover will be triggered when services are abnormal. The following sections appear on this tab:

To monitor a service:

  1. Find the service that you wish to monitor. Make sure the service status is normal.
  2. Tick the checkbox next to it.
  3. Click Apply to save settings.

Note:

Services that can be monitored are as follows: Windows File Service, iSCSI Target, FTP, Mac File Service, NFS Service.

Network Interface Tab

Displays all logical network interfaces that can be monitored. Failover will be triggered if network connection is abnormal. (Refer to Notes as follows.) The following sections appear on this tab:

Note:

If Monitor checkbox is ticked, the system will failover to the passive server when the network connection of active server fails or malfunctions, and the network connection of the passive server is still functioning normally.

To monitor an interface:

  1. Find the interface that you wish to monitor. Make sure the cables have been connected correctly to the interfaces on both the active and passive servers.
  2. Tick the checkbox next to it.
  3. Click Apply to save settings.