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IPMP on Solaris 10

Solaris has built-in IP Multi Pathing.  IPMP can be setup with either IP tracking or link based.  This is my notes on setting up link based IPMP on a LDOM with two virtual interfaces.

Setup the two interfaces:

# more /etc/hostname.vnet*
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/etc/hostname.vnet0
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myhostname netmask + broadcast + group sol10-ipmp up
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/etc/hostname.vnet1
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group sol10-ipmp up

After reboot ifconfig output:

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
vnet0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34
vnet1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5

Down the main interface:

# if_mpadm -d vnet0
# tail -1 /var/adm/messages
Aug 22 14:46:07 myhostname in.mpathd[285]: [ID 832587 daemon.error] Successfully failed over from NIC vnet0 to NIC vnet1

Ifconfig output:

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
vnet0: flags=89000842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,NOFAILOVER,OFFLINE> mtu 0 index 2
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34
vnet1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5
vnet1:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255

Recover the main interface:

# if_mpadm -r vnet0

# tail -3 /var/adm/messages
Aug 22 14:46:30 myhostname in.mpathd[285]: [ID 620804 daemon.error] Successfully failed back to NIC vnet0
Aug 22 14:46:30 myhostname in.routed[656]: [ID 417587 daemon.error] IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP ALLHOSTS: Address already in use
Aug 22 14:46:30 myhostname in.routed[656]: [ID 537788 daemon.warning] Could not join 224.0.0.9 on interface vnet0: Address already in use

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
vnet0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34
vnet1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
groupname sol10-ipmp
ether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5

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