To reduce potential downtime, the Appliance Administrator can configure Offline Workflow Mode to be performed automatically. Offline Workflow Mode allows an appliance that has lost consensus (quorum) to operate in isolation from the cluster to process access requests using cached policy data.

To ensure the outage is not a short-lived outage, the default time before the appliance is automatically switched to Offline Workflow Mode is 15 minutes. The time threshold can be changed to five minutes or more.

If automatic Offline Workflow Mode is enabled, you can enable automatic Resume Online Workflow so the appliance automatically resumes online operations once consensus is restored. The minutes to wait after consensus is restored before automatically resuming online workflow defaults to 15 minutes. The time threshold can be changed to five minutes or more.

When Offline Workflow Mode settings are configured to run automatically, an Appliance Administrator can override the automatic settings and manually place an appliance in Offline Workflow Mode or manually restore an appliance to online workflow, as needed.

The user views status messages that clearly communicate the appliance state and the ability to request passwords and SSH keys.

For general information on Offline Workflow Mode, see About Offline Workflow Mode.

Go to Offline Workflow:

  • web client: Navigate to Cluster > Offline Workflow.

The Offline Workflow page displays the following information.

Table 93: Offline Workflow: Properties
Property Description

Enable Automatic Offline Workflow
  • To automatically place the appliance in Offline Workflow Mode when the appliance loses connection and cannot establish consensus.
    • Automatic Offline Workflow Threshold Minutes

    The number of minutes after consensus is lost before the appliance is automatically switched over to Offline Workflow Mode. The default is 15 minutes and can be changed to five minutes or more. The threshold set does not persist after a reboot.

    Automatic Resume Online Workflow
  • If you selected Enable Automatic Offline Workflow, you can select Automatic Resume Online Workflow so the appliance automatically resumes online operations once consensus is restored.
    • Automatic Resume Online Workflow Threshold The number of minutes after consensus is restored that the appliance is automatically switched over to online workflow. The default is 15 minutes and can be changed to five minutes or more.

    Use these toolbar buttons to define and maintain your managed networks.

    Table 94: Offline Workflow: Toolbar
    Option Description
    Refresh Updates the information displayed on the page
    Enable Offline Workflow Triggers Offline Workflow Mode
    Resume Online Operations Triggers moving the appliance from Offline Workflow Mode back to online operations