How to configure Solaris 10 Link Based IPMP Troubleshooting Solaris 10 IPMP What’s a Probe Based IPMP ? The failure detection method used by the in.mpathd daemon differentiates the IPMP as probe based or link based. Probe based IPMP uses 2 types of addresses in its configuration. 1. Test address – Used by in.mpathd daemon […]
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How to configure Probe Based IPMP in Solaris 11
In the last post we have seen how to configure link based IPMP in solaris 11. Let us see how we can configure a probe-based IPMP in solaris 11. Solaris 11 uses 2 methods for probe-based failure detection 1. Using test addreses (default method) 2. Transitive Probing – No test addresses are used To enable […]
How to configure link based IPMP in Solaris 11
Oracle made a tone of changes to its networking stack in Solaris 11. Persistent network configuration is now managed by SMF, and not by editing following files : /etc/defaultdomain /etc/dhcp.* /etc/hostname.* /etc/hostname.ip*.tun* /etc/nodename /etc/nsswitch.conf IPMP conponents : 1. mpathd daemon – This daemon is responsible to detect an interface failure or repair. It uses a […]