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Choose Active or Passive Mode

You cannot directly toggle the NBA between active and passive modes. Instead, you change the Stream Blocking setting in the NBA console. Here, ‘stream blocking’ refers to individual data streams passing through the NBA.

When stream blocking is on, the NBA runs in active mode; when stream blocking is off, the NBA runs in passive mode. By default, stream blocking is off; this is equivalent to the <active value="false"> lines in the policy and configuration files, nbapolicy.xml and nbaconfig.xml.

To change the Stream Blocking settings

1. Log on to the NBA console and browse to the Administration screen.
2. Go to the Configuration Status and Mode of Operation section.
3. Click one of the Stream Blocking buttons.

   On Bivio 2000 appliances, click:

   • Switch ON to change from passive to active mode.
   • Switch OFF to change from active to passive mode.

   On Bivio 7000 appliances, click:

   • Enable to change from passive to active mode.
   • Disable to change from active to passive mode.
4. Now browse to the Policy screen.
5. Go to the Policy Status and Mode of Operation section and repeat step 3.

The <active> tags in nbapolicy.xml and nbaconfig.xml are updated automatically when you change the Stream Blocking setting in the NBA console.

More information:

Passive and Active Mode

Policy Screen