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xhawk's avatar
xhawk
Level 4
10 years ago

Can members of a bonded-NIC be configured as VCS LLT links?

Scenario-1:
SFRAC 5.0.1 and above，such as 5.1, 5.1SP1, 6.0, 6.1 ......
HPUX 11.31-0909
Oracle 10.2.0.4 RAC
 
lan3 and lan4 are bonded to be lan901, which is configured as Oracle RAC heartbeat.
 
lan3 and lan4 have different MAC address.
 
I know if the bonded NIC lan901 is configured as a VCS LLT, then the members of lan901, lan3 and lan4, cannot be configured as VCS LLT Links.
 
But, If the bonded NIC lan901 is NOT configured as a VCS LLT, Can lan3 and lan4 be configured as VCS primary and secondary LLT links?
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Scenario-2:
SFRAC 
Redhat Linux
Oracle RAC
 
eth3 and eth4  are bonded to be bond1,which is configured as Oracle RAC heartbeat.
 
eth3 and eth4 and bond1 have the same MAC address.
 
Can eth3 and eth4 be configured as VCS primary and secondary LLT links?
 
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  • mikebounds's avatar
    mikebounds
    10 years ago

    You need unique IPs for LLT, as LLT over Ethernet uses the MAC address at Layer 2, and does not use the IP.  I am not familiar with NIC bonding in HP-ux, but in Solaris if you use IPMP then you can use the IPMP group to load balance between 2 NICs for IP traffic, and you can use the individual NICs in LLT.  So with HP-ux, if the O/S allows you to access the underlying NICs in a bond, then they should work in LLT, but I don't know if HP-ux bonding masks the underlying interfaces from the O/S so you can only use the bond (like MS windows, where when you create a bond, the underlying NICs are no longer visable).

    Mike

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  • xhawk's avatar
    xhawk
    Level 4
    10 years ago

    For  Scenario-2:

    The MAC address of a bonded NIC is the same as its bonding members.
    The Linux bonding mode =0 or 1, not 6
  • mikebounds's avatar
    mikebounds
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    You need unique IPs for LLT, as LLT over Ethernet uses the MAC address at Layer 2, and does not use the IP.  I am not familiar with NIC bonding in HP-ux, but in Solaris if you use IPMP then you can use the IPMP group to load balance between 2 NICs for IP traffic, and you can use the individual NICs in LLT.  So with HP-ux, if the O/S allows you to access the underlying NICs in a bond, then they should work in LLT, but I don't know if HP-ux bonding masks the underlying interfaces from the O/S so you can only use the bond (like MS windows, where when you create a bond, the underlying NICs are no longer visable).

    Mike