In the following section, three answer regions are configured: Production, DR, and Switch. Within the Shared Search Order, the links from regional client nodes to the Switch node have a cost value of 1. From the Switch node, the link to the Production node has a cost value of 1 and the link to the DR node has a cost value of 2.
The regional client nodes will update to the closest Production answer before the DR answer is used.
Configuring the DR Shared Search Order
- In the left navigation, click .
- Click Add to add a new shared search order.
- Under Name, enter the name of the search order.
- Under Node Name, select the search region node name
and click + to add the node name.
Add the regional, Switch, Production, and DR nodes.
From the regional nodes, assign a cost value of 1 to the Switch node.
From the Switch nodes, assign a cost value of 1 to the Production node and a cost value of 2 to the DR node.
- Click Save to save the setting.
Adding the DR Shared Search Order to the Answer
- On the Traffic Steering page of the DR host record, select the Search Order tab.
- Click Configuration.
- Under Search Order Configuration, select the DR Shared Search Order that you created.
- Click + to add a search order.
- Click Save to save the setting.