OPNsense Forum
English Forums => High availability => Topic started by: c-mu on January 12, 2022, 09:52:37 am
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Hi all,
I am planning a new HA setup for a branch. Is it possible to implement the whole thing with different hardware, specifically I imagine that server 1 gets a Mellanox card and server 2 an Intel. As far as I can remember, only the order and description of the interfaces must remain the same, or am I wrong?
The goal is that I want to spread the "risk" as far as possible, if there is a firmware bug or something similar, not both systems are affected.
Thank you!
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The interfaces must have the same name on both machines. Name means "optXX", not the name or description you choose in the frontend.
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Thanks, I think the opt names are assigned by OPNSense in ascending order, so there should be no problem with different networkcards, i just need to make sure the order is the same on both sides. so the theory.
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No, also the driver names need to be unique or everything will fail:
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/carp.html
First warning box
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No, also the driver names need to be unique or everything will fail:
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/carp.html
First warning box
I see.
I have a cluster running with one physical and the backup virtualized, yet it does seem to work for me.
How can I find out if pfsync actually works? In Virtual IPs -> Status I can see the same pfsync nodes for both machines.
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If you use Plugins which generates configs with interface names it will also not work