Configuring Ibrix Nic Monitoring for User Interface to Allow NFS Client Failover

Configuring Ibrix Nic Monitoring for User Interface to
allow NFS Client Failover
Solution ID: 44
Created: 8/4/2008
DETAILS:
In order to configure the User Interface to fail over we are going to run the following commands to
add and discover an interface for monitoring.
syntax: ibrix_nic -a -n IFNAME -h HOST
Example:
Add a VIF for standby server first using Ibrix
#ibrix_nic -a -n bond1:1 -h SS2
and now add interface bond1 to Ibrix for SS1
#ibrix_nic -a -n bond1 -h SS1
Note: now do same steps for adding VIF to primary SS1 and add bond1 for SS2.
Then once the interfaces for both servers are added to Ibrix DB; assign the monitoring detail.
ibrix_nic -b -H HOSTNAME1/IFNAME1,HOSTNAME2/IFNAME2
: assign IFNAME2 on HOSTNAME2 as the
: backup interface for IFNAME1 on HOSTNAME1
#ibrix_nic -b -H SS1/bond1,SS2/bond1:1
#ibrix_nic -b -H SS2/bond1,SS1/bond1:1
ibrix_nic -m -h MONHOST -A DESTHOST/IFNAME
:monitor DESTHOST/IFNAME from MONHOST and failover if
monitoring detects a failure
#ibrix_nic -m -h SS1 -A SS2/bond1
#ibrix_nic -m -h SS2 -A SS1/bond1
Finally ensure that "ONBOOT=no" in the server's /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
IBRIX_S00000044.pdf
Last modified: 11/11/2008