Configuring Virtual Ip Addresses - Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

8.4 Configuring Virtual IP Addresses

The routers in a virtual IP address configuration must be running the RIP I or RIP II protocols. For a
business continuity cluster, RIP II is the preferred protocol and should be used whenever possible. In
NetWare, this can be accomplished by configuring the NetWare RIP Bind Options to use RIP I and
RIP II, or RIP II only. Also, the command
to the file of any NetWare routers in this configuration.
autoexec.ncf
After the appropriate virtual IP addresses and host masks have been determined, you can enable
virtual IP addresses in a business continuity cluster by using the following process:
1. The
autoexec.ncf
two lines. The first line loads the virtual driver and creates a virtual board named VNIC. The
second line disables RIP 2 route aggregation on the cluster nodes.
LOAD VNIC NAME=VNIC
SET RIP2 AGGREGATION OVERRIDE=ON
2. The command to bind a virtual IP address for the service must be added to the cluster resource
load script.
The following is an example of a cluster resource load script for a standard NetWare volume
called . This example uses host masks and assumes the virtual board has been named
HOMES
VNIC. Notice that the command to add a secondary IP address has been replaced with the
IP VNIC Mask=255.255.255.255 Address=10.1.1.1
address 10.1.1.1 to the virtual board.
nss /poolactivate=HOMES
mount HOMES VOLID=254
CLUSTER CVSBIND ADD BCC_HOMES_SERVER 10.1.1.1
NUDP ADD BCC_HOMES_SERVER 10.1.1.1
BIND IP VNIC Mask=255.255.255.255 Address=10.1.1.1
3. The command to unbind the virtual IP address must be added to the cluster resource unload
script.
The following is the matching cluster resource unload script for the same NetWare volume
discussed above. Notice the command to delete the secondary IP address has been replaced
with the
UNBIND IP VNIC Address=10.1.1.1
address 10.1.1.1 from the virtual board.
UNBIND IP VNIC Address=10.1.1.1
CLUSTER CVSBIND DEL BCC_HOMES_SERVER 10.1.1.1
NUDP DEL BCC_HOMES_SERVER 10.1.1.1
nss /pooldeactivate=HOMES /overridetype=question
4. If the cluster resource is a clustered-enabled pool or volume, the IP address of that resource
needs to be changed to the virtual IP address. You can do this by using ConsoleOne
Remote Manager, or iManager. This change is not needed for any non-volume cluster resources
like DHCP.
SET RIP2 AGGREGATION OVERRIDE=ON
file on each node in both clusters must be modified to add the following
command, which binds the virtual IP
command, which unbinds the virtual IP
must be added
BIND
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