Hi,
Not sure if this will be of any benefit or not.
I have just finished configuring and testing 2 x SRX1500 for A/P and A/A. My results may surprise you, and in fact is not uncommon (apparently).
Given that there are two points of protection ---- The Control Plane and the Data Plane ----- I have found that the SRX actually is always in an A/A state from a Data Plane perspective. When I disconnected the Control Plane the HA, as it should, failed and immediately placed the Secondary into "Ineligeble" for 3 minutes, where, if the Data Plane is not lost, it then places it into disable. This was because the primary still sees itself as operational and so therefore assumes all responsibility and removes the secondary from the equation. If within those three minutes we also disconnect the Data Plane, then the secondary becomes the primary as it assumes the original primary is lost.
Now, what is important to understand here is that the Control Plane is purely for the chassis (hence the removal of the HA connection only affects the failover for the chassis), while the Fabric Ports are for the RTOs (Real Time Objects) synchronisation (VPNs, NAT, etc etc). The Reth ports are for the actual data.
What I found was, unless I disconnected everything, the ports for the data were always UP, even if the HA port was disconnected. That's why, I believe, it runs in A/A, from a data perspective, even if you believe it is A/P.... it is only truly A/P from a Control Plane perspective.
Obviously, I can only come to these conclusions from the testing I have just completed and the results and behaviour of the SRX from those tests.
If you want me to post the Config I used then please let me know (if that helps) ![Smiley Happy Smiley Happy]()