Control Networks and IPSI's

[dmthames]

Hi All,

I posted a similar version of this question on avaya users, but wanted to drop it here as well...

Is there a mutually exclusive relationship between control networks and ipsi's? That's to say, does control network a operate exclusively on the a ipsi's (in a duplicated environment) and does control network b operate exclusively on the b ipsi's?

Thanks!

 

[DTLegend]

Server A has a Control A and B port for connectivity to IPSI's.
Server B has a Control A and B port for connectivity to IPSI's.

All IPSI's in A carrier or A Control are configured by either means of DHCP or static to communicate to server A or B, which ever is active.

All IPSI's in B carrier or B Control are configured by either means of DHCP or static to communicate to server A or B, which ever is active.

So yes they are exclusive but both servers have control A & B.

 

[dmthames]

Hi Legend,
Thks for the reply...

Affirmative on the servers....our stuff is static. What i'm looking to do is move my eth 3 cable to a new switch with the proper vlan on it. My a ipsi's are currently set active so i'm thinking that so long as i leave the eth 0 interfaces alone, control network a will retain control of both of my pn's....my guess is i'll get some minor alarms on that interface, but won't lose the pn...

So here's a hump-day bonus follow up...does the control a interface (eth 0) need to be able to see the b-side ipsi's? Or can they be on completly different networks that can't see each other?

Thanks!

 

[DTLegend]

dmthames,

Completly different. 255.255.255.0 does not see 255.255.254.0.

you should not loose PN connectivity. the only reason it should bounce from A to B is if for some reason you have a problem on A control and the system feels as if it should interchange due to system health.