When the branch reflector is operating slowly or is using excessive bandwidth, you can stop providing service to its peer clients. You can resume providing service to the peer clients of a paused branch reflector at any time.

About this task

When you use the Reject Peers feature, the branch reflector is not deleted from the Branch Reflectors list. The branch reflector cache is preserved.

You can use the Accept Peers feature to resume providing service to the peer clients of a paused branch reflector.

Procedure

  1. In the Mirage Management console tree, right-click System Configuration, select Settings, and click the Branch Reflectors tab.
  2. Right-click the branch reflector device and reject or accept the peer clients.

    Option

    Action

    Reject peer clients

    Select Branch Reflector > Reject Peers.

    The branch reflector service status is set to Paused.

    Accept peer clients

    Select Branch Reflector > Accept Peers.

    The branch reflector status is set to Enabled.