Falover for network interfaces

[Maxim Yakimenko]

Dear collegues,

I need to organize failover for network interfaces on my machines - put in each machine at least two physical interfaces, and in order to be safe of failure of network equipment (swithes, routers, cards, cables and so on) put their cables in different switches.

What software I can use for this?

Port Aggregation works when interfaces stuck in one switch, thus is saves only from failure of interface card or cable or single switch port. Use of cluster soft like Serviceguard is a kind of solution, but I wish to have more lightweight solution like in.mpathd in Solaris OS.

Or may be it is possible to write a script myself to check inetrface status and migrate working IP to another interface like mpathd do?

[Torsten.]

Hi,

APA should be the right solution for you, see

http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/adapters/apa_overview.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

[Maxim Yakimenko]

You mean LAN Monitor mode?

[Ketan Kotak]

Hi,

In your case, the solution is in product J4240AA - HP Auto Port Aggregation.

APA supports a Fail-Over Group capability - called - LAN Monitor mode of Ling Aggregation.

You can find more info and buy online at:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA

Thanks and Regards,
Hope this helps.
+ Ketan Kotak