I am running into problems while testing a Nokia VRRP cluster and would
appreciate help.

I have two Nokia IP530s running Ipso 3.8.1 and NG AI R55 for IPSO 3.8 with
HFA_02 applied on both modules. Management is on Windows running NG AI R55
HFA_12.

I have configured the cluster and created the multicast rule allowing the
cluster members to talk to the multicast address using both vrrp and igmp. I
am able to push policy fine and can ping all the firewall interfaces.
However when I attempt to simulate a failover, it appears no failover
happens. I have setup the cluster as master/master.

While pinging one of the interfaces of the firewall that is currently the
active master, if i pull the cable from the interface, I see ping timeouts
however I do not see firewall two taking over the connection. Looking at
show vrrp stats shows the interface is down and its priority is correctly
reduced however on the second firewall I see "Bad master information" This
seems to be unique for the second firewall as the first firewall does not
show any error.

Looking at the checkpoint logs, I see the following message:

Information: cluster_info: (3rd Party Cluster) State change of member
1 (x.x.x.x) from active to down was canceled, since all other members
are down. Member remains active.

I have searched both Nokia and Checkpoint knowledgebase and could not find
any possible solution or explanation. Has anyone of you encountered this
problem? If yes, any possible solution you tried?

Regards,

Mohamed

"Securing Networks is not a matter for novices"

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