The ip network multipathing or ipmp is a facility provided by solaris to provide faulttolerance and load spreading for network interface cards nics. Its a different way of handling ip interfaces, replacing ifconfig and a lot of etc file manipulation. Oracle solaris ipmp involves the following software. Configuring ipmp groups oracle solaris administration. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek diary. Solaris 11 setting up virtual nic, ipmp, hostname and.
Confirm if the transitive probling is not started, which by default is set to test address. You can observe the status of the ipmp group as a whole or its underlying ip interfaces. And here are additional oracle solaris 11 resources. The test addresses are assigned to seperate nics and the single data address is used as the external i. In this file there is an option called failback to. In each chapter, youll find challenging practice questions, a twominute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what youve learned. Download the most recent stable version of sunwvts sunwvts6. How to configure probe based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek.
I said earlier that an interface can be ip, vni, or ipmp. Check the status of the the interfaces in the ipmp group. Used to migrate an oracle solaris 11 global zone to a nonglobal zone. To see the available versions, use the following command.
Solaris 11 cheat sheet 1556378 there is document solaris 11 cheat sheet 1556378 available here for reading and downloading. As you know solaris 11 has changed lot from solaris 10 and configuring ipmp also has no exception from that. Configuring a link based ipmp on solaris 11 activeactive configuring a link based ipmp on solaris 11 activepassive configuring a probe based ipmp on solaris 11 aa configuring a probe based ipmp on solaris 11. Hi, i need your help because i have problems with solaris 11 11 11 installed in a dell latitude e4310. Since ipmp mode is the only supported mode to configure multinicb agent in product 6. All ip interfaces in group ipmp0 are now unusable hi, after configuring ipmp it showing the following. The broad topic of network interface administration includes administering single network interfaces, vlans, ipmp groups, link aggregations, and wireless interface. Jun 27, 2015 ipadm create ipmp ipmp0 ipadm add ipmp i net0 i net1 ipmp0 ipmpstat a ipmpstat i. Basic operations for oracle solaris 11 administration. The tool also displays other information about the underlying ip interfaces for each ipmp group, as well as data and test addresses that have been configured for the group.
Let us see how we can configure a probebased ipmp in solaris 11. Automated network configuration is managed by a solaris service called nwam or network auto magic. With ipmp, two or more nics are dedicated for each network to which the host connects. This article is aimed to give a walk through of how to create a ldom in sunsparc m632 machines. That being said, solaris packages are usually locked into a particular set of revisions via a meta package called entire. Ipmp basicsconfiguring an ipmp group on solaris 11. In solaris 11, you need to use ipadm command to configure the ipmp. The nawm service is turned on by default, and must be disabled before you manually make changes to the settings for static ip addresses. Having root as a role enhances security since an individual user must first log in and assume the root role. Configure link based ipmp in solaris sun solaris system admin. Also needed is the default physical networking service. In an ipmp configuration, you set the ip addresses at the configuration file named after your network card.
Ipmp over aggregate in solaris 11 hi all, i start with solaris 11 and i am disapointed by the change on ip managing. Sparcsolaris gui management guide october 2014 revision 1. You need an existing datalink to create an interface on note i. Initially it required a test address on every data link in an ipmp group, where the test addresses were used as the source ip address to probe network elements for path availability.
In oracle solaris, ipmp contains the following features. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices. Monitoring ipmp information oracle solaris administration. Ip network multipathing ipmp is a layer 3 technology that enables you to group multiple ip interfaces into a single logical interface called ipmp group. This article describes how to configure link based ipmp interfaces in solaris 10. Used to access a solaris 10 global zone for problems before migrating that zone to a solaris 11 global zone c. Solaris has had a feature to increase network availability called ip multipathing ipmp. You must have configured all interfaces as members of the ipmp group. For more information about oracle solaris networking, see how to control your applications network bandwidth. Ensure eeprom is configured to issue unique mac addresses to all system interfaces. Jun 28, 2015 the oracle solaris 11 ip multipathing ipmp feature has a new conceptual model.
You can configure one of the interfaces down to 10 megabits and still place the two interfaces into the. Apr 16, 2012 configuring ipmp on solaris 11 has become very straightforward and simple. Nov 17, 2015 solaris 11 cheat sheet 1556378 there is document solaris 11 cheat sheet 1556378 available here for reading and downloading. Oracle made a tone of changes to its networking stack in solaris 11. While oracle has done well to update documentation surrounding their recent updates to the solaris 11 networking and virtualization stack, it will still come as a shock to many experienced solaris administrators that the old methods of configuring ipmp ip multipathing. Probe based ipmp utilize test address to monitor the health of interfaces. Heres where we genuinely do need a new command, and that command is, of course, ipadm. Solaris 10 ipmp this is an example of configuring ipmp on a pair of interfaces for sysadmin, and another for production traffic. Security technical implementation guides stigs dod cyber.
Under the program name software express for solaris or just solaris express, a binary release based on the current development basis was made available for download on a monthly basis, allowing anyone to try out new features and test the quality and stability of the os as it progressed to the release of the next official solaris version. Oracle solaris provides a flexible, cost efficient, cloudready solution perfect for your data center. So network access changes automatically from the failed link to the alternate link, providing uninterrupted access to the network. Doing more with datalink multipathing in oracle solaris 11. Configure link based ipmp in solaris sun solaris system. The file extension pdf and ranks to the documents category. Identify the interface that was enabled during the solaris installation, and the others that are connected to switches. Use the download button below or simple online reader. The ipmp group can be configured with activeactive interfaces or activestandby interfaces. Network interfaces and network virtualizationthis book is for anyone responsible for administering network interfaces and network virtualization for systems that run the oracle solaris operating system. In the last post we have seen how to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11. Create ipmp interface manually for the interfaces under multinicb control.
Nov 17, 20 the ipmp group can be configured with activeactive interfaces or activestandby interfaces. Jun 26, 20 this article describes how to configure link based ipmp interfaces in solaris 10. This then allows you to apply persistent tuning options to it. You can also configure the failure detection seconds in etcdefaultmpathd file and the default value is 10 seconds. Each interface can be assigned a static test ip address, which is used to assess the operational state of the interface. Solaris 11 ipmp activeactive and activestandby tech.
Ipmultinicb and multinicb must be configured in ipmp mode on. However, most of the examples i have seen online assume that both of the ipmp interfaces are unused and dont have your system ip on them, which probably isnt the case. Ipmp enables you to configure multiple ip interfaces into a single group called an ipmp group. May 09, 2014 ip network multipathing ipmp is a layer 3 technology that enables you to group multiple ip interfaces into a single logical interface called ipmp group. Solaris 10 zones, vlans, ipmp tarn technicaluser 6 jan 12 15. It provides a complete step to step procedure from scratch to the end. Ipmp provides network availability during interface failures. Ipmp eliminates single network card failure and it ensures system will be always accessible via network.
To get past this, you just need to run a ipadm deleteaddr on. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Oracle solaris 11 system administration 1z0821 dumps with. Configuring probebased with test addresses activeactive 1. The oracle solaris 11 ip multipathing ipmp feature has a new conceptual model. The requirements of the stig become effective immediately. As a whole, the ipmp group with its multiple underlying ip interfaces is represented as a single ipmp interface. Dec 22, 20 ipmp problem in solaris 11 user74494 dec 22, 20 12. Used to create zonecfg template for a solaris 10 global zone that that will be migrated to a solaris10 branded zone. Configuring ipmp on solaris 11 has become very straightforward and simple. If a failure occurs in one network link and an alternate link is configured, ip address can fails over. It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11.
Oracle solaris 11 oracle technology network oracle. Oracle solaris 11 administration and sun cluster practical. Prepare for the oracle certified associate oracle solaris 11 system administration exam with help from this exclusive oracle press guide. By default, oracle solaris 11 configures root as a role rather than as a user that is entitled to perform privileged tasks. The ipadm command is new in solaris 11 and the illumos derived distributions. New to solaris ipmp conversion from linux hi all, i been reading examples of how to setup ipmp and how it differs from etherchannel. Using ipmp with link based failure detection oracle what.
The first, most basic operation for which to use ipadm is the creation of a new ip interface. This interface is treated just like any other interface. Solaris 11 uses 2 methods for probebased failure detection 1. For instance here, we use the bge0 and bge3 nics as the ipmp pair where bge0 is active and bge3 is standby and hence the files hostname. Disa has released the oracle linux 7 security technical implementation guide stig, version 1, release 1. While oracle has done well to update documentation surrounding their recent updates to the solaris 11 networking and virtualization stack, it will still come as a shock to many experienced solaris administrators that the old methods of configuring ipmp ip. However, i am still unsure of how it really works and i hope gurus here can shed some light on the questions i have below while i will lab it up for my own test q1 for ipmp, there is no such thing. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek. Part2 oracle sun cluster lab setup on oracle virtual box. The floating ip is given its own persistent, virtual object, at the same level as any other ip object at the ipadm layer.
Now, lets get installing and run sun vts in solaris 10. Oracle solaris built in virtualization provides a highly efficient and scalable solution that sits at the core of the platform. The following procedures use the ipmpstat command, enabling you to monitor different aspects of ipmp groups on the system. Ive never used a vni link, so i dont feel qualified to talk about that, but i do use ipmp, and i always felt the way you managed it in previous versions of solaris was something of a mess. The standard service port defined by iana is 16162. Confirm if the transitive probling is not started, which by default is set to test address root. The group functions like an ip interface with data addresses to send or receive network traffic. All ipmp interfaces are failed tarn technicaluser 28 dec 11 14. When ipmp detects a failure on a nic, it reassignns the data address to the working nic within the ipmp group active interface and disables the faulty interface. For more information about oracle solaris network performance and a feature comparison for link aggregations and ipmp, see managing oracle solaris 11. Sep 16, 2014 solaris 10 ipmp link based activestandby 1. You can also verify the configuration of data and test addresses for the group.
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