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Set up high availability Receivers with IPv6

  • Published on Sep 12, 2026
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Use IPV6 to set up high availability (high availability) receivers.

  • Make sure that Trellix ESM uses IPv6, manually or automatically (System Properties → Network settings).

  • Make sure you have the shared IP address, which the network administrator creates.

  1. On the two receivers in the high availability pair:

    1. Launch a web console for the VM high availability receivers or connect a terminal and keyboard if it is a hardware HA Receiver.

    2. Turn on the receiver and log on to the root account.

    3. Enable IPv6 using the terminal menu.

    4. Navigate to Manage IP Configuration → Mgt1 → IPv6, and write down the management IP address. It might take some time to get the address due to network latency.

  2. Add one of the HA receivers to the Trellix ESM.

    • Name — Name of the high availability pair.

    • Target IP Address or URL — Management IPv6 address for this high availability receiver, which you wrote down.

  3. Select the newly added device on the system navigation tree, then click Receiver Properties → Receiver Configuration → Interface.

  4. In the IPv6 Mode field, select Manual (the only supported mode for high availability).

  5. Click Setup next to the number 1 interface, type the shared IP address in the IPv6 field, then click OK.

    This address is assigned to the shared interface during high availability setup. If this isn't done, high availability doesn't fail over properly.

  6. On Receiver Properties, click Connection, enter the shared IPv6 address in Target IP Address/Name, then click OK.

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