Guys!
I need your advices for setting up network for HACMP implementation ( in dual VIOS environment, dual P550 servers)....
I do have some questions and appreciate , if somebody can response on these...
First , as i do have two physical ethernet adapters on each VIOS, i will etherchannel them ( for load balancing and HA)... and then configure SEA failover on both VIOS servers... Questions are...
1. Can i assign ip address and host names for VIOS servers on SEA adapters, as follows?
192.168.10.1 ---> 192.168.10.4 ( VIOS1, VIOS2, VIOS3 and VIOS4)
Please note that HMC IP address on ethernet interface ( communicating with client or public LAN ) will be 192.168.10.5
2. All client Lpars ( six on each p550 ) will have one virtual ethernet interface each.......and then configure HACMP with single nework interface ( Is it mandatory or i can go ahead with two adapters per cluster node , as we usually do in normal HACMP configurations?)
3. Boot Ip addresses ( assigned to client virtual ethernet adapters ) will be 10.100.101.20 and 10.100.102.20 , while service IP address would be 192.168.10.6 ( cascading single Resource group with failback configuration )... is this seems OK ?
4. can i distribute virtual ethernet traffic for lpars created across two P550s , using different VLANs? Means that if i do have one Lpar ( say lpar1)from p550-1 box and other lpar ( say lpar2)from p550-2 , being configured as same cluster nodes , can i assign virtual ethernet cards on lpar1 and lpar2 with different vlan IDs ( mapped with one SEA on VIOS1 on p550-1 and other with SEA on VIOS1 on p550-2)... Or it is mandatory to have same VLAN IDs assigned to virtual ethernet interfaces partcipating in same cluster?
Thanks in advance for help....
Here comes polani Once again!!!
P690 Certified Specailist
HACMP & AIX Certified Specailist
AIX & HACCMP Instructor
I need your advices for setting up network for HACMP implementation ( in dual VIOS environment, dual P550 servers)....
I do have some questions and appreciate , if somebody can response on these...
First , as i do have two physical ethernet adapters on each VIOS, i will etherchannel them ( for load balancing and HA)... and then configure SEA failover on both VIOS servers... Questions are...
1. Can i assign ip address and host names for VIOS servers on SEA adapters, as follows?
192.168.10.1 ---> 192.168.10.4 ( VIOS1, VIOS2, VIOS3 and VIOS4)
Please note that HMC IP address on ethernet interface ( communicating with client or public LAN ) will be 192.168.10.5
2. All client Lpars ( six on each p550 ) will have one virtual ethernet interface each.......and then configure HACMP with single nework interface ( Is it mandatory or i can go ahead with two adapters per cluster node , as we usually do in normal HACMP configurations?)
3. Boot Ip addresses ( assigned to client virtual ethernet adapters ) will be 10.100.101.20 and 10.100.102.20 , while service IP address would be 192.168.10.6 ( cascading single Resource group with failback configuration )... is this seems OK ?
4. can i distribute virtual ethernet traffic for lpars created across two P550s , using different VLANs? Means that if i do have one Lpar ( say lpar1)from p550-1 box and other lpar ( say lpar2)from p550-2 , being configured as same cluster nodes , can i assign virtual ethernet cards on lpar1 and lpar2 with different vlan IDs ( mapped with one SEA on VIOS1 on p550-1 and other with SEA on VIOS1 on p550-2)... Or it is mandatory to have same VLAN IDs assigned to virtual ethernet interfaces partcipating in same cluster?
Thanks in advance for help....
Here comes polani Once again!!!
P690 Certified Specailist
HACMP & AIX Certified Specailist
AIX & HACCMP Instructor