Symantec 10521146 Administration Guide - Page 87
Symantec Network Security Nodes, Failover Group Information
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Populating the topology database 87 Adding nodes and objects To add or edit a software node 1 On the Devices tab, do one of the following: ■ Right-click Symantec Network Security Nodes, and select Add Node > Software Node > OK. ■ Right-click an existing node, and click Edit from the pop-up menu. 2 In Add Software Node or Edit Software Node, enter a descriptive name of up to 40 characters for the device. This name appears in the topology tree. See "Name" on page 77. 3 Enter an optional customer ID of up to 40 characters long. See "Customer IDs" on page 77. 4 Enter the IP address for the node. You can position Symantec Network Security in front of and/or behind a NAT device. If behind, provide a local IP address and an administration IP address. Use the administration IP address when adding the node to the topology tree. Note: If you change the IP address of a physical node, you must edit the Advanced Network Options tab. Verify that the values in the Netmask and Default Router fields are valid for the new IP address. See "Viewing advanced network options" on page 88. 5 Enter a unique node number between 2 and 120, inclusive, not assigned to any other node in the cluster. Note: Use this same number when you install Symantec Network Security on the designated computer. See "Node number" on page 77. 6 Click Monitoring Group and select a group from the pull-down list. 7 In Failover Group Information, do one of the following: ■ If you do not want to provide failover, proceed to the next step. ■ If you want to provide failover, click Failover Group Member, and provide a Failover Group Number between 1 and 99, inclusive. All nodes within the failover group must use the same group number. See "Establishing high availability failover" on page 287. 8 Do one of the following: ■ If adding a software node in a cluster, in Master Node Sync Information, enter the synchronization password.