Cisco Acs 5x User Guide

17-11
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Editing Instances
Step 4Click Submit. Port Port for Management service.
MAC Address MAC address for the instance.
Description Description of the primary or secondary instance.
Check Secondary Every 
(only applies for primary 
instance)Rate at which the primary instance sends a heartbeat status request to the secondary instance. The 
default value is 60 seconds. The minimum value is 30...

17-12
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Editing Instances
The Primary Instance table on the Distributed System Management page appears with the edited primary 
instance.
Related Topics
Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance, page 17-18
Viewing and Editing a Secondary Instance, page 17-12
Viewing and Editing a Secondary Instance
To edit a secondary instance:
Step 1Choose System Administration > Operations >...

17-13
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Activating a Secondary Instance
The following warning message appears:
Are you sure you want to delete the selected item/items?
Step 5Click OK.
The Secondary Instances table on the Distributed System Management page appears without the deleted 
secondary instances.
Activating a Secondary Instance
To activate a secondary instance:
Step 1Choose System Administration > Operations >...

17-14
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Registering a Secondary Instance to a Primary Instance
.Table 17-6 System Operations: Deployment Operations Page 
Option Description
Instance Status
Current Status  Identifies the instance of the node you log into as primary or secondary, and identifies whether 
you are running in local mode.
Primary Instance Hostname of the primary instance.
Primary IP IP address of the primary...

17-15
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Registering a Secondary Instance to a Primary Instance
Step 3Specify the appropriate values in the Registration Section. 
Step 4Click Register to Primary.
The following warning message is displayed.
This operation will register this ACS Instance as a secondary to the specified Primary 
Instance. ACS will be restarted. You will be required to login again. Do you wish to 
continue?
Step...

17-16
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Deregistering Secondary Instances from the Distributed System Management Page
Deregistering Secondary Instances from the Distributed System 
Management Page
To deregister secondary instances from the Distributed System Management page:
Step 1Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management. 
The Distributed System Management page appears.
Step 2From the...

17-17
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management Page
The system displays the following warning message:
This operation will deregister this server as a secondary with the primary server. ACS 
will be restarted. You will be required to login again. Do you wish to continue?
Step 3Click OK.
Step 4Log into the ACS machine.
Step 5Choose System Administration >...

17-18
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Deployment Operations Page
Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Deployment 
Operations Page
To promote a secondary instance to a primary instance from the Deployment Operations page:
Step 1Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management.
The Deployment Operations page appears. See the Table 17-6 for valid field...

17-19
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance
Replicating a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management 
Page
NoteAll ACS appliances must be in sync with the AD domain clock.
To replicate a secondary instance:
Step 1Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management. 
The Distributed System Management page appears.
Step 2From the Secondary...

17-20
User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 17      Configuring System Operations
  Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance
The Distributed System Management page appears. On the Secondary Instance table, the Replication 
Status column shows UPDATED. Replication is complete on the secondary instance. Management and 
runtime services are current with configuration changes from the primary instance.
Changing the IP address of a Primary Instance from the...