MultiNICB with OS defined IP Network Multipathing group

Summary:

Even though IP Network Multipathing (IPMP) groupname was used, MultiNICB overwrote the IPMP group assignment.


Configuration:

group IPGrp1 (
       SystemList = { gimli = 1, legolas = 2 }
       )

       IPMultiNICB vip1 (
               Enabled = 0
               BaseResName = mnicb
               Address = "25.3.10.128"
               NetMask = "255.255.248.0"
               )

       Proxy ipgrp1proxy (
               TargetResName = mnicb
               )


group Multi_NicB (
       SystemList = { gimli = 1, legolas = 2 }
       Parallel = 1
       )

       MultiNICB mnicb (
               Enabled = 0
               UseMpathd = 1
               MpathdCommand = "/sbin/in.mpathd"
               Device @gimli = { hme0 = 0, qfe0 = 1 }
               Device @legolas = { hme0 = 0 }
               IgnoreLinkStatus = 0
               DefaultRouter = "10.85.0.1"
               )

       Phantom phantomb (
       )

- - - -

# more host*
::::::::::::::
hostname.hme0
::::::::::::::
gimli-hme0 netmask + broadcast + deprecated -failover up \
group other \
addif gimli netmask + broadcast + up

::::::::::::::
hostname.qfe0
::::::::::::::
gimli-qfe0 netmask + broadcast + deprecated -failover up \
group other


# telnet legolas
# more /etc/hostname.hme0
legolas netmask + broadcast + deprecated -failover up \
group other


Testing:

# telnet gimli
SunOS 5.8

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.5 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname other
       ether 8:0:20:a7:de:6e
hme0:1: flags=1000842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.128 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
qfe0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 3
       inet 25.3.10.6 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname other
       ether 8:0:20:9d:ca:40


# telnet legolas
SunOS 5.8

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.7 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname other
       ether 8:0:20:e7:88:ce

# cd /etc/rc2.d
# ./s70llt start
# ./s92gab start
# cd ../rc3.d
# ./s99vcs start
(started on both nodes)

# uname -n
gimli
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.5 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:a7:de:6e
hme0:1: flags=1000842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.128 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
qfe0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 3
       inet 25.3.10.6 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:9d:ca:40
#

uname -n
legolas
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.7 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:e7:88:ce
#

- - -


Followed by an online:

# hagrp -online IPGrp1 -sys gimli
# uname -a
SunOS gimli 5.8 Generic_108528-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.5 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:a7:de:6e
hme0:1: flags=1000842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.128 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
hme0:2: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.129 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
qfe0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 3
       inet 25.3.10.6 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:9d:ca:40
# hagrp -offline IPGrp1 -sys gimli

# uname -n
legolas
# hagrp -online IPGrp1 -sys legolas
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
       inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.7 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255
       groupname mnicb
       ether 8:0:20:e7:88:ce
hme0:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
       inet 25.3.10.146 netmask fffff800 broadcast 25.3.10.255