Document for multinicb support with linkbased ipmp on. The first, most basic operation for which to use ipadm is the creation of a new ip interface. So in the solaris 9 timeframe the ability to also do link based failure detection was delivered. The oracle solaris 11 ip multipathing ipmp feature has a new conceptual model. Configuring linkbased ipmp oracle vm server for sparc. It requires specific nics whose driver has the ability to notify the system that a link has failed. The name service configuration is now stored and configured via smf services instead of via configuration files in etc. Ipmp failure detection can be linkbased, probebased, or both to determine the availability of a specific underlying ip interface in the group. Nic files for the first active nic and the second active or standby nic. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek.
But can be used only to get intimated when an interface is failed. How to configure probe based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek. An ipmp configuration typically consists of two or more physical interfaces on the same system that are attached to the same ip link. This article describes how to configure link based ipmp interfaces in solaris 10. Ipmp enables you to configure multiple ip interfaces into a single group called an ipmp group. First of all, the physical network service must be started and the network automagic nwam service has to be stopped for information, nwam is a new solaris 11 service that automates network configuration. Solaris 11 uses 2 methods for probe based failure detection 1. Oracle solaris is one of the most widely deployed unixbased operating systems in industries today, perfect for critical environments, highperformance professionals, and nonstop infrastructures. You need to download the interactive text install medium. When compared with the ipmp configuration in oracle solaris 10, oracle solaris 11 groups the ip interfaces into a virtual ip interface for example, ipmp0. Bandwidth is bit rate for sending and receiving data over the network. About this bookunderstand and execute biggest practices when administering superior choices of oracle solaris 11master specific choices of oracle solaris 11 harking back to zfs objects, networking framework with rnc reactive group configuration, and get launched. Network link failure it enables interfaces to fail over within approximately 10. Ipmp provides network availability during interface failures.
Oracle made a tone of changes to its networking stack in solaris 11. Understand and execute best practices when administering advanced features of oracle solaris 11. Solaris 11 from nothing to ipmp load balancing the. Setting static ip address on solaris 11 solaris 11 coming with new feature and enhancement, one of it is nwam network automagic with nwam you can create and save the network profile. This interface is treated just like any other interface. Configuring ipmp groups managing oracle solaris 11. Thus, in this chapter, the terms ipmp group and ipmp interface are used interchangeably how to plan an ipmp group. Let us configure an activestandby linkbased ipmp configuration, by setting net2 as the standby interface. Download the most recent stable version of sunwvts sunwvts6. The ipadm command is new in solaris 11 and the illumos derived distributions. Configuring a link based ipmp on solaris 11activeactive configuring a link based ipmp on solaris 11activepassive configuring a probe based ipmp on solaris 11aa configuring a probe based ipmp on solaris 11. Setting static ip address on solaris 11 rachmat febrianto.
This document provides an example of configuring ipv6 link based ipmp in solaris 10. Solaris has an integrated mechanism for ip multipathing1. Now, lets get installing and run sun vts in solaris 10. Could you please suggest the steps to configure it. This document assumes ipmp is not configured on the system prior to these actions being taken. Ipmp interface can be used on a rac configuration to secure network link. First alternative solaris 10 network aggregation configuration with. It provides a complete step to step procedure from scratch to the end. To configure linkbased ipmp, create as root the hostname. Dlmp data link multipathing where the network links can be connected to separate switches. Well, now you know how to configure an ip address on an ip interface, this will be too easy first, configure two network ip interfaces and configure two ipv4 addresses on it. How to get started configuring your network in oracle.
This article is aimed to give a walk through of how to create a ldom in sunsparc m632 machines. In the last post we have seen how to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11. How to configure solaris 10 link based ipmp the geek diary. Configuring ipmp groups oracle solaris administration. You need an existing datalink to create an interface on note i.
Configuring ip network multipathing on solaris azizs blog. You can also configure the failure detection seconds in etcdefaultmpathd file and the default value is 10 seconds. The nawm service is turned on by default, and must be disabled before you manually make changes to the settings. Persistent network configuration is now managed by smf, and not by editing following files. Configuring linkbased ipmp oracle vm server for sparc 3.
Ipmultinicb and multinicb must be configured in ipmp mode. I started configuring every single file up to the ipmp configuration. Note that net0 and net1 are the oracle solaris 11 vanity names for vnet0 and. An aggregation is similar to an ipmp link created for failover, but has other advantages. Activestandby one of the interface in the ipmp configuration will be used as standby. Each interface can be assigned a static test ip address, which is used to assess the operational state of the interface. As a whole, the ipmp group with its multiple underlying ip interfaces is represented as a single ipmp interface. Ive recently been asked to look after a sun fire x2100 running solaris 10, which is sitting in a rack on the other side of the world from me. Let us see how we can configure a probe based ipmp in solaris 11.
There are two types of link aggregation supported in solaris 11. This section provides procedures that are used to plan and configure ipmp groups. Solaris 11 probe based ipmp configuration solaris 11 link based ipmp configuration solaris 10 probe based ipmp. Single interface link based ipmp configuration this is not a very useful configuration, as it does not actually provide high availability. New choices for oracle solaris cluster public networking. Over 50 superior recipes that may provide help to configure and administer oracle solaris strategies. Doing more with datalink multipathing in oracle solaris 11.
Howto install redhat package with yum command without rhn download cisco. Link based ipmp on shared ip solaris zone what i want to achieve is have a physical server using link based ipmp setup in the global zone not problem doing that and then create a zone set as sharedip so when the servers nic has an issue the ip will failover. In this post we will be targeting some advance features of network administrations as like link aggregation, ipmp ip multipathing features. Using ipmp with link based failure detection oracle what. Solaris operating system version 10 305 to 10 1 u11 release 10. Part2 oracle sun cluster lab setup on oracle virtual box. Configuring probebased ipmp 18 1 verify the solaris os release. In oracle solaris, ipmp contains the following features. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek diary. Oracle solaris 11 administration and sun cluster practical. These modes differ in how administrators configure the system, either manually using dladm and ipadm, or through creating and applying network configuration profiles.
In this file there is an option called failback to. Master special features of oracle solaris 11 such as zfs objects, networking framework with rnc reactive network configuration, and get introduced to. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices. Following procedure will serve as a document to configure vcs multinicb with solaris 10 linkbased ipmp. For instance, here we use the bnx0 and bnx1 nics as the ipmp pair, hence the files will be named hostname. Build a basic network configuration on solaris 11 data. The interfaces are configured as members of the same ipmp group. Download oracle solaris 11 advanced administration. Since ipmp mode is the only supported mode to configure multinicb agent in product 6. Transitioning from solaris 10 ip multipathing ipmp to oracle solaris 11 ipmp doc id 82335. Before going in deep we can see some basic concept of networking.
Solaris 11 ipmp activeactive and activestandby tech. If link based failure detection discovers that the interface is functioning, the daemon might erroneously report that the interface has been repaired. How to install and configure zebra barcode printer. Oracle solaris 11 administration command cheat sheet. However, most of the examples i have seen online assume that both of the ipmp interfaces are unused and dont have your system ip on them, which probably isnt the case. The ipmp group can be configured with activeactive interfaces or activestandby interfaces. As you know solaris 11 has changed lot from solaris 10 and configuring ipmp also has no exception from that. Using linkbased ipmp in oracle vm server for sparc virtual. Its a different way of handling ip interfaces, replacing ifconfig and a lot of etc file manipulation. On metalink only has a documentation until 11g r1, note. The solaris 10 linkbased ipmp does not require to have test ip addresses, and a preferred configuration in some cases in order to conserve ip addresses.
For instance here, we use the bge0 and bge3 nics as the ipmp pair where bge0 is active and bge3 is standby and hence the files hostname. On the second example, i will show how to configure an ipmp ip multipath address. The information in this blog is written based on personal experiences. This change is part of a wider set of configuration changes in oracle solaris 11, which provides a greater degree of administrative auditability and control over system configuration, particularly during system. Develop skills with and a better understanding of the oracle solaris 11. Solaris 11 network administration link aggregation ipmp. These physical interfaces might or might not be on the same nic. While oracle has done well to update documentation surrounding their recent updates to the solaris 11 networking and virtualization stack, it will still come as a shock to many experienced solaris administrators that the old methods of configuring ipmp ip. Over 50 advanced recipes to help you configure and administer oracle solaris systems. Create ipmp interface manually for the interfaces under multinicb control. In this post, ill blogging about how to configure your solaris 11 systems to used static ip address.
Here we will see how to configure probe based ipmp. Ipmp eliminates single network card failure and it ensures system will be always accessible via network. Oracle solaris 11 advanced administration cookbook book. The overview in chapter 14, introducing ipmp describes the implementation of the ipmp group as an interface. Configuring ipmp on solaris 11 has become very straightforward and simple. This box did not have any network configurations done at all. Oracle solaris 11 advanced system administration sa202s11.
Ipmp maintains network availability by attempting to preserve the same number of active and standby interfaces that was originally configured when the ipmp group was created. Here are some commands to create a basic network configuration on solaris 11. Oracle solaris 11 uses profile based networking configuration, comprised of two configuration modes manual and automatic. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The virtual ip interface serves all of the data ip addresses, while test addresses that are used for probe based failure detection are assigned to an underlying interface, such as net0.
The following example demonstrates how to enable link protection. Automated network configuration is managed by a solaris service called nwam or network auto magic. Hi, i need to configure 4 ip address same subnet and mask in one ipmp group two interfaces in an active active formation link based. The default outbound load spreading is based on ports, but this can also be changed. Its running fine at present, but the hosts dont have remote console access, and theres no response from the lom web gui when the system is down. Early versions of solaris 10 do not have this facility you would need to download the sun trunking software to get it. With ipmp, two or more nics are dedicated for each network to which the host connects. In an ipmp configuration, you set the ip addresses at the configuration file named after your network card. How to configure a link based ipmp in solaris 10 using. One of the configuration files you insert two ip addresses and one of them will be the one that can be failover to the other card in case of network failure. Can we configure link based ipmp in private connectivity.
To get past this, you just need to run a ipadm deleteaddr on. Hi, i want to configure link based ipmp on my solaris 10 machine. The introduction to ipmp in the solaris 10 systems administrators guide on ip services lists the nics that support link state notification. The ip interfaces are now grouped into a virtual group ip interface e. The virtual network devices are also configured to obtain physical link state updates.
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