Nortel Networks Sun Fire V210 (RoHS) User Manual

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MCS 2-server Sun Fire V210 (RoHS) Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide

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Press Enter to continue.

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You will see the following statement:

”You are now configuring IPMP (Multipathing)"

”Please have the Database Server Physical IP
addresses and the Machine Logical IP address
ready. Have 6 IP addresses that can be used as
ping buddies." Recommendations for ping buddies
are provided.

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Press the Enter key to continue.

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When you see the IP multipathing configuration for Sun Solaris
information appear, press Enter to accept it or type in a
preferred setting. The default failover timeout is set to
1000mSec.

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Enter the primary machine physical IP address for the bge0
interface: <Physical IP address of the bge0
interface> [Enter]

Example: 120.120.13.20

12

Enter the secondary machine physical IP address for the bge1
interface:
<Physical IP address of the bge1 interface>
[Enter]

Example: 120.120.13.21

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Enter the <machine logical IP addresses of the
servers>

that are the ping targets.

Note: Do not enter the IP address of the server you are
working on.

IP Multipathing needs a set of reliable hosts to ping against.
Select a set of three IP addresses in this subnet that belong to
reliable nodes (such as fault tolerant servers). Select the three
nodes from the following list, in order of preference:

For IPMP GROUPS:

•

Machine Logical IP address of the database server

•

Machine Logical IP address of the Management server

•

Machine Logical IP address of the CAM server

•

BPS stack IP address

•

Other optional devices (PRI Gateway host)

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