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Warm Spare Configuration

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Warm Spare configuration in Meraki appliances provides automatic failover capabilities by maintaining a secondary appliance in standby mode, ready to assume primary responsibilities in case of hardware failure or connectivity issues. This functionality ensures business continuity through seamless failover with minimal network disruption, supporting both virtual IP addressing and uplink redundancy for critical network infrastructure. Warm Spare is essential for organizations requiring high availability, minimal downtime, and automated disaster recovery capabilities for their network appliances.

Diagram

appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)

Section titled “appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)”
NameTypeConstraintMandatoryDefault Value
warm_spareClass[warm_spare]No

warm_spare (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.appliance)

Section titled “warm_spare (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.appliance)”
NameTypeConstraintMandatoryDefault Value
enabledBooleantrue, falseYes
uplink_modeChoicevirtual, publicNo
virtual_ip1IPNo
virtual_ip2IPNo
spare_deviceAnyString[matches: ^[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}$] or String[min: 1, max: 127]No

Example-1: The example below demonstrates warm spare configuration using tested YAML configuration from pipeline fixtures.

meraki:
domains:
- name: "!env domain"
administrator:
name: "!env org_admin"
organizations:
- name: "!env org"
networks:
- name: "!env network_name"
product_types:
- appliance
- switch
- wireless
- camera
- sensor
- cellularGateway
appliance:
warm_spare:
enabled: true
spare_device: "!env appliance_02"
uplink_mode: "virtual"
virtual_ip1: "192.168.1.254"
virtual_ip2: "192.168.1.253"