Veritas Cluster Server 6.

0 for UNIX:
Cluster Management
Lesson 4: Alternate Network Configurations
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Lesson introduction
Lesson 1: Service Group Dependencies
Lesson 2: Reconfiguring Cluster Membership
Lesson 3: Startup and Failover Policies
Lesson 4: Alternate Network Configurations
Lesson 5: High Availability in the Enterprise

Lesson objectives

Topic

Objectives

Multiple service
groups with NIC
resources

Implement more efficient configurations for

multiple NICs in different service groups.

Multiple public
interfaces

Describe the networking resources that can

be used for managing multiple public
network interfaces.

Multiple service
groups with NIC
resources

After completing this topic, you

will be able to implement more
efficient configurations for
multiple NICs in different service
groups.

NIC resources in multiple service groups

Three service groups contain a NIC resource:
Each NIC resource monitors the same network interface.
The NIC agent monitors each NIC resource every 60 seconds.
Additional network traffic is generated by three monitor
cycles running for the same device.

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Using Proxy resources

Resource definition

Value

Service Group Name

websg

Resource Name

webnicproxy

Resource Type

Proxy

webapache

Required attributes
TargetResName

webmnt

webip

webvol

webnicpro
xy

dbnic

webdg

Optional attributes
TargetSysName

dbora

s2

dbmnt
webnicproxy mirrors state of dbnic
dbvol

dbip
dbnic

dbdg

Parallel network service groups

group netsg (
SystemList = { s1 = 0, s2 = 1 } main.cf
AutoStartList = { s1, s2 }
Parallel = 1
)
dbsg

dbpnicproxy

netsg
netnic

webnicproxy

websg

netsg
netnic

s1

s2
The state of netsg is offline because the
service group contains only a persistent
resource.

Using Phantom resources

Resource definition

Value

Service group name

netsg

Resource name

netphantom

Resource type

Phantom

dbsg

Phantom netphantom (
)
main.cf

dbnicproxy

netsg
netnic
netphantom

webnicproxy

websg

netsg
netnic
netphantom

s1

s2
A Phantom resource enables VCS to report the online
status of a service group containing only persistent
resources.

Localizing a NIC resource

NIC netnic (
Device@s1 = eth0
Device@s2 = eth4
)

netsg
netnic
netphantom

main.cf

netsg
netnic
netphantom

s1

s2

eth0

eth4

You can localize the Device attribute for NIC

resources when systems have different network
interfaces.

Multiple public
interfaces
After completing this topic, you
will be able to describe the
networking resources that can be
used for managing multiple public
network interfaces.

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Trunked or bonded interfaces

To use the operating system trunking or bonding feature:
Configure a NIC resource with the Device attribute set to the
logical interface
Configure an IP resource
main.cf

IP
10.10.10.21
NIC

eth0

eth1

bond0

IP webip (
Device = bond0
Address = 10.10.10.21
)
NIC bond0NIC (
Device = bond0
)

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Local network interface failover

VCS can fail virtual IP addresses between local
network
interfaces before failing over to another system.

port1

port1

port2

port2

10.10.10.21
port3
port4
s1

port5

port3

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qfe0

port4
port5

qfe3
s2

MultiNICA or
MultiNICB
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Network resources overview

All platforms

IP

Solaris, AIX, HP-UX

IPMultiNIC

IPMultiNICB

Manage virtual IP addresses

NIC

MultiNICA

MultiNICB
Manage multiple network
interfaces

For details on configuring Network resources, see

the BARG.

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Comparing MultiNICA and MultiNICB

MultiNICA and IPMultiNIC
Supports active/passive
Requires only one base IP
Does not require a single IP subnet

MultiNICB and IPMultiNICB

Supports active/active
Fails over faster and supports failback and migration
Supports single and multiple interfaces
Supports IPMP and trunking (Solaris-only)
Requires an IP address for each interface
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Lesson summary
Key points
You can configure multiple network interfaces for local failover
to increase high availability.
VCS includes agents to manage these network resources.

Reference materials
Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide
Veritas Cluster Server Users Guide
Sun IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide

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