{"id":423,"date":"2013-08-23T04:18:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T11:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2013-08-23T04:20:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T11:20:48","slug":"ipmp-on-solaris-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/ipmp-on-solaris-10\/","title":{"rendered":"IPMP on Solaris 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solaris has built-in IP Multi Pathing. \u00a0IPMP can be setup with either IP tracking or link based. \u00a0This is my notes on setting up link based IPMP on a LDOM with two virtual interfaces.<\/p>\n

Setup the two interfaces:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\r\n# more \/etc\/hostname.vnet*\r\n::::::::::::::\r\n\/etc\/hostname.vnet0\r\n::::::::::::::\r\nmyhostname netmask + broadcast + group sol10-ipmp up\r\n::::::::::::::\r\n\/etc\/hostname.vnet1\r\n::::::::::::::\r\ngroup sol10-ipmp up\r\n<\/pre>\n

After reboot ifconfig output:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\r\n# ifconfig -a\r\nlo0: flags=2001000849&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL&gt; mtu 8232 index 1\r\ninet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000\r\nvnet0: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 2\r\ninet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34\r\nvnet1: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 3\r\ninet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5\r\n<\/pre>\n

Down the main interface:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Ifconfig output:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\r\n# ifconfig -a\r\nlo0: flags=2001000849&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL&gt; mtu 8232 index 1\r\ninet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000\r\nvnet0: flags=89000842&lt;BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,NOFAILOVER,OFFLINE&gt; mtu 0 index 2\r\ninet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34\r\nvnet1: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 3\r\ninet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5\r\nvnet1:1: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 3\r\ninet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255\r\n<\/pre>\n

Recover the main interface:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\r\n# if_mpadm -r vnet0\r\n\r\n# tail -3 \/var\/adm\/messages\r\nAug 22 14:46:30 myhostname in.mpathd[285]: [ID 620804 daemon.error] Successfully failed back to NIC vnet0\r\nAug 22 14:46:30 myhostname in.routed[656]: [ID 417587 daemon.error] IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP ALLHOSTS: Address already in use\r\nAug 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\r\n\r\n# ifconfig -a\r\nlo0: flags=2001000849&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL&gt; mtu 8232 index 1\r\ninet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000\r\nvnet0: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 2\r\ninet 10.2.14.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 10.2.15.255\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:b5:34\r\nvnet1: flags=1000843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4&gt; mtu 1500 index 3\r\ninet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255\r\ngroupname sol10-ipmp\r\nether 0:14:4f:fa:42:b5\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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