The problem is symptomatic of something not set right at the MDS levels in
case you are getting the issues related to SIC between multiple pair of
CMA's.

***In P-1 env, try doing every thing through the MDG, MDG, MDG - why,
because at the command line, you can always miss on setting up your proper
environment. Let us say, you do 'fwm sic_reset' thinking you are doing for
the CMA but you actually happen to be in MDS env, this will actually reset
SIC at the MDS level which CP does not even support because it botches up
your entire MDS (HA)env.***

You log into the Primary CMA Smartdashboard of the problem pair. Edit
properties on the 'Primary CMA' object and look at the DN string in the
communication box. It should have 'o=...' pointing to the name of the CMA
(If not, it may point to the MDS name instead. Please verify and let me know
and I shall suggest some steps to resolve this part later). Now edit the
properties on the secondary CMA object and check the DN string - is it blank
or has O= pointing to the Primary CMA which it should be -- the CN will be
of course its own name like <HA-CMA_NAME>. Please let me know what you see.

In the meanwhile, here are the suggested steps to resolve the issue:

>From within the Primary CMA Smartdashboard, right click your HA-CMA object
and delete it. Do file>save and exit Smartdashboard.
Now back to MDG, right click on the HA-CMA and remove it.

Recreate the HA CMA back in MDG again and let me know if that resolves your
issue. If there is nothing basically wrong with your MDS level sic, this
should resolve the issues and you can take the same steps in regard to your
other pair of CMA's.

Hope this helps.

Rajeev Gupta
Senior Network Engineer
MCI Managed Security Services

-----Original Message-----
From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dong Lin
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FW-1] How to initiate SIC between a HA pair CMAs

I have setup a few CMA HA pairs. Some form the HA pair with no problem
(active:standby). Some are not forming HA pair at all. The problem seems
related to their SIC communication. How do I initiate SIC between a CMA pair
? If it is at management server level, will the reset SIC mess up the
working HA pair ?


Thanks

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