Configure core group communication using a proxy peer access point
Configure communication between two core groups when they cannot communicate with each other directly through peer ports.
Configure a proxy peer access point to communicate with a core group if we cannot use peer ports. Use a core group that has configured a peer access point with peer ports to the core group to communicate with. Before completing this task, make sure that we have access to a core group that can communicate with the core group that we cannot communicate with directly.
Use a proxy peer to communicate with a core group that we cannot access directly. This task describes how to configure a proxy peer with three core groups that are each in different cells. The core_group_x and core_group_y core groups can communicate directly with each other through peer ports. The core_group_y and core_group_z core groups can also communicate with each other though peer ports. However, the core_group_x core group cannot communicate with the core_group_z core group. To establish that communication, the core_group_x core group has a peer access point that is a proxy peer. The proxy peer is the peer access point to the core_group_y core group.
Complete the following actions to configure core group communication using a proxy peer access point.
Tasks
- Configure the core_group_x and core_group_y core groups to communicate with each other by creating an access point group.
- Configure the core_group_y and core_group_z core
groups to communicate with each other by creating another access point group.
When we do this step, create a second access point group in cell 2. The core_group_2 core group communicates with both the cell_x and cell_z cells over two different networks.
- Configure a peer access point that has a proxy peer. Create a new
peer access point in the access point group that we created between the core_group_x and core_group_y core
groups.
- In the administrative console, click...
Servers > Core Groups > Core group bridge settings > Access point groups > access_point_group_name > Peer access points. Create a new peer access point, or select an existing access point.
- Enter a unique name for the peer access point. For the other cell, core group, and core group access point values, use the properties of thecore_group_z core group.
- Click Use a proxy peer access point. Select the proxy peer access point that is the peer access point that we created in the cell_x cell that refers to the core group access point in the cell_y cell.
- In the administrative console, click...
The core_group_x core group can communicate with the core_group_z core group using a proxy peer.
Example
The following example shows the configurations in each cell when we configure communication between the cell_x and cell_z cells using a proxy peer access point:
Figure 1. Example proxy peer configuration
What to do next
By completing this task, we enabled one-way communication between the core_group_x and core_group_z core groups. To configure communication both ways, we must repeat these steps, configuring a peer access point in the core_group_z core group containing a proxy peer.
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