Fawad, Answers inline ..... We have a PIX failover bundle. Our Primary PIX failed and we powered it off. Now we have another PIX and we have to connect it. What should be the strategy so that no outage occurs. What do u mean by failover bundle ? IS the second PIX capable of working as standby unit.Do u have the license or key to opearate this second box as standalone unit (else it wont work !).As I know the standby would have been connected to Primary and so when primary fails the secondary will take over and the automatically continue as Primary.. "it will show this host Active". ---------- I think if we put the new PIX >(without >any Config) to the Primary end of Failover cable it would be the >Active and >would sync all its config to the second box (that would be a >disaster)???????? Would this work ? What type of connection do u have. which PIX model and what version of IOS. Can u get the setup info ,how it was connected and so on. If primary is down totally and secndary does not have any config u will have to key in the config ?? is it not. Anyone correct me if i am wrong ? HTH.Let me know. Bye, Venkatesh. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=18058&t=18058 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]