Use this task to configure communication between two core
groups when they cannot communicate with each other directly through
peer ports.
Before you begin
Configure a proxy peer access point to communicate with a
core group if you cannot use peer ports. Use a core group that has
configured a peer access point with peer ports to the core group that
you want to communicate with. Before completing this task, make sure
that you have access to a core group that can communicate with the
core group that you cannot communicate with directly. To configure
communication between core groups that are in different cells, see
Configuring the core group bridge between core groups that are in different cells. If there are multiple core groups in each of
the cells, they must be configured to communicate with each other.
See
Configuring communication between core groups that are in the same cell for
more information.
About this task
Use a proxy peer to communicate with a core group that
you 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. For
more information, see Core group communications using the core group bridge service.
Complete the following actions to configure
core group communication using a proxy peer access point.
Procedure
- Configure the core_group_x and core_group_y core
groups to communicate with each other by creating an access point
group. For more information, see Configuring the core group bridge between core groups that are in different cells.
- Configure the core_group_y and core_group_z core
groups to communicate with each other by creating another access point
group. For more information, see Configuring the core group bridge between core groups that are in different cells. When you 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 you 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 you
created in the cell_x cell that refers to the core group access
point in the cell_y cell.
Results
The core_group_x core group can communicate with the core_group_z core
group by using a proxy peer.
Example
The following example shows the configurations in each
cell when you 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, you enabled one-way communication
between the core_group_x and core_group_z core groups.
If you want to configure communication both ways, you must repeat
these steps, configuring a peer access point in the core_group_z core
group that contains a proxy peer.