Znyx Networks bh5700 User Manual

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sibling_addresses: zhp1 = 10.0.0.30, 10.0.0.31 netmask 255.0.0.0;

Now configure the virtual address for each sibling group. We are going to create a virtual
interface across one VLAN, but not for the interconnect. This provides a single point to
connect/route to the VLANs.

vrrp_virtual_address: zhp1 = 10.0.0.42 netmask 255.0.0.0;

Next come port definitions, as defined on the zspconfig man page. Since our hosts are
connected using the Linux bonding driver (or RAINlink), we will want to choose RAINlink on
each of the ports in VLANs on each switch, and interconnect for the interconnect port on each
switch,

The port definitions are:

interconnect - Ports connected between groups of Surviving Partner switches. VRRP

heartbeat messages are sent on the interconnect ports.

Crossconnect - Crossconnect ports are ports that are connected to other Surviving Partner

switches, that are not part of this Surviving Partner group. Crossconnect ports behave
differently then bonding driver/RAINlink ports. The links are not brought down
temporarily, and VRRP runs with the native MAC addresses to avoid MAC address
duplication with the other VRRP group.

RAINlink - Ports connected to bonding driver/RAINlink enabled nodes. These ports contain

virtual addresses managed by VRRP. And during a failover event, the links are toggled
down to force failover to the Master switch.

Route - Ports connected to upstream routers. VRRP does not manage virtual IP addresses for

these links. Routing protocols must be used to instruct up stream routers of a different path
to get to the VRRP managed networks.

monitor_only - Ports that are monitored but do not have a virtual address managed on them.

They will not have their links brought down temporarily during a failover scenario. These
ports are only monitored. If a problem occurs on this type of link it will cause a failover
scenario.

configure_only - Ports are configured as per the zconfig commands, but do not participate

in the high availability network. Problems on these links will not cause a switch failover.

interconnect: zhp0;

RAINlink: zre0..11, zre20..21;

Next come special modes for VRRP for use when more than one pair of Ethernet Switch Blades
are connected to another pair of Ethernet Switch Blades in a redundant configuration. The intent
of these modes is to provided Spanning Tree like capabilities eliminating network looks between
pairs of Surviving Partner configurations, as well as expedite address learning between the two
pairs of switches:

vrrp_mode: RAINlink_xmit_on_failover;

Ethernet Switch Blade User's Guide

release 3.2.2j

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