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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