PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Redundant Line Control Function 4.1 (for Solaris(TM) Operating System)

3.2.2.1 Setup common to modes

(1) Verification of the physical interface

Verify if the physical interface is inserted into the system using prtconf (1M) command.

# prtconf -D | grep "name of the physical interface"

For example, to use qfe, execute the command as below:

# prtconf -D | grep qfe
                SUNW,qfe, instance #0 (driver name: qfe)
                SUNW,qfe, instance #1 (driver name: qfe)
                SUNW,qfe, instance #2 (driver name: qfe)
                SUNW,qfe, instance #3 (driver name: qfe)

In the above example, it is possible to use qfe0, qfe1, qfe2, and qfe3. For details regarding prtconf (1M) command, refer to the Solaris manual.

If the system has no NIC installed, install a NIC. After adding a new NIC on the system, run "boot -r" command at the ok prompt, and then verify the physical interface as above.

When using Tagged VLAN, ensure that the NIC supports tagged VLAN functionality (IEEE802.1Q). Refer to the documents of individual ethernet driver for configuring tagged VLAN interface. In addition, in a Redundant Line Control function, the effective range of VLAN-ID which can be specified is from 1 to 4094.

(2) Checking the name service

When using name services such as DNS or NIS, define keywords such as hosts, netmasks, and ipnodes in /etc/nsswitch.conf file to first refer to the local file. This allows to solve the address even if the DNS, NIS or LDAP sever is unreachable. The following is an example of /etc/nsswitch.conf.

#
# /etc/nsswitch.files:
#
# An example file that could be copied over to /etc/nsswitch.conf; it
# does not use any naming service.
#
# "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
# /etc/netconfig file has a "-" for nametoaddr_libs of "inet" transports.

passwd:     files
group:      files
hosts:      files dns
ipnodes:    files
networks:   files
protocols:  files
rpc:        files
ethers:     files
netmasks:   files
bootparams: files

Even when using only IPv4 address in Redundant Line Control function, please define a host name as both /etc/inet/hosts file and /etc/inet/ipnodes file.