Appendix – Management Interface Monitoring | NVIDIA UFM-SDN Appliance User Manual

Overview

Management interface monitoring feature enables monitoring the management interface state, and failing over to the standby Appliance in case a management switch connected directly to the Appliance is detected as ‘down’ (due to maintenance, power outage, etc.).

Configuration

Enable monitoring of the management interface. Run:
```
ufm mgmt-interface monitor enable
```
Set the management interface monitoring interval. Run:
```
ufm mgmt-interface monitor interval
```
Set the management interface to be monitored. Run:
```
ufm mgmt-interface
```
When invoking the command ufm ha configure, the interface will be set automatically.

[Optional] Review the settings. Run:

show ufm mgmt-interface

Example:

ufmapl [ mgmt-ha-active] (config) # show ufm mgmt-interface 


Management interface monitoring:
Interface name:      eth0
Enabled:             Yes
Monitoring interval: 10 seconds

Once all configurations are set, start the UFM service. Run:
```
ufm start
```

Last updated: August 26, 2020