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show failover-status

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This command shows whether failover is enabled on the Sensor, the status of the peer Sensor, and the fail-open action of the Sensor.

Syntax:

show failover-status

Information displayed by the show failover-status command includes the following:

  • Failover Enabled: The command will return -

    • YES: If failover is enabled

    • NO: If failover is disabled

    • UNKNOWN: If it is not explicitly set

  • Peer Status: Shows if failover is enabled, and whether the peer Sensor is UP or DOWN

  • Fail-open Action: Shows whether the monitoring port for fail-open is enabled or disabled

    Note

    When you enable fail-open on a HA pair, the same monitoring ports are enabled for fail-open on both the primary and secondary Sensors.

Applicable to:

NS-series Sensors