Changing ElasticXL Distribution Mode

[yukaia]

Hello all, I've been doing some digging around to find an answer on what the impact of changing the distribution mode has. Currently I have an elasticxl gateway running R82 JHF Take 91 that I just discovered is running in manual-general mode and it's causing some issues with a new network, so I need to get it changed to automatic mode, but I'm not sure what impact that change will have.

Lari mentions in his R82 Q&A on Maestro that changing from Automatic to General drops the NAT table, and that changing the distribution mode on interfaces doesn't require stopping the environment. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Hyperscale-Firewall-Maestro/Maestro-Q-amp-A-R82-Highlights-and-C...

Does anyone know if changing from manual-general to automatic causes a reboot, or if it's just a state table resync/rebuild, or anything else like that?

[yukaia · Accepted solution]

Just came across this in the admin guide for elasticXL, somehow missed it. 

"ElasticXL Cluster supports only the "General" Distribution Mode to assign incoming traffic to cluster members on eachElasticXL"

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R82/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R82_ScalablePlatforms_AdminGuide/Conte...

[emmap]

If you do have NAT port concerns in EXL please make sure you have this parameter enabled:

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk183481