topic VIP in Operating System - HP-UX

VIP

David_492 — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:59:45 GMT

Dear All

My question from three parts :

1. Max No. of Virtual ip address's that i can define per the ethernet port in the HP Unix Server rp8400.

2. What are the benfits i can get from Virtual IP Address's on the HP Unix Server rp8400?

Thank You all

Re: VIP

Dmitry G. Spitsyn — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:50:24 GMT

David !

1. If I don't mistake up to 256 multiplexed addresses per ethernet port.

2. You can use VIP address for a virtual I/F physically independent of any hardware I/F to access your server. This address is not bound to any real I/F of your server but is a multiplexed address configured on loopback I/F. All you need to access this I/F from a remote host is to configure all possible routes to it on the host. If some particular phisical I/F of the server goes down you still have an alternative route to access it.

What is the third part of your question ? :)
BR,
Dmitry

Re: VIP

John Jimenez — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:43:04 GMT

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