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Cable the Sensors in a stack for high availability

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This procedure describes how to cable Sensors in a stack for high availability.

  1. Plug the QSFP28 Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cable into port G0/3 of the first Sensor in the active stack.

  2. Connect the other end of the cable into the corresponding port labeled G0/3 of the first Sensor in the standby stack.

  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other Sensors in the active and standby stack.

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  4. On the rear panel of each NS9600 Sensor, plug a RJ-45 cable in the Management port (labeled MGMT).

  5. Plug the other end of the cable into the network device connected to your Manager server.

  6. Create a failover pair using the HA Pairs tab in Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Global → Device Manager page in the Manager.