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

D.2.2.5 Unable to establish connection using virtual IP address of GS/SURE Linkage mode

Symptom

Fails to establish connection using a virtual IP address on GS/SURE Linkage mode due to routing daemon startup failure during the system startup.

Cause and workaround

On Solaris 8 or Solaris 9, if /etc/defaultrouter file does not exist, it runs /usr/sbin/in.rdisc(1M) to implement reference process by RDISC (router search protocol). If a router on the network is running RDISC, it uses RDISC as the routing protocol instead of RIP, preventing /usr/sbin/in.routed(1M) from startup. This issue can be resolved by changing the name of /usr/sbin/in.rdisc file (for example,/usr/sbin/in.rdisc.saved) to disable RDISC reference process.
If this problem occurs on Solaris 10, change the setting as /usr/sbin/in.routed(1M) can be executed as a routing daemon by executing /usr/sbin/routeadm(1M).
For details on this issue, refer to the Solaris manual.

How to detect this symptom:

Your system is having this problem if all of the followings are found.

Solaris 8 or Solaris 9:
1) /etc/notrouter file (empty file) exists
2) /etc/defaultrouter file exists.
3) Routing daemon (/usr/sbin/in.routed) does not exist after system startup.
4) Routing table contains the default path.

Solaris 10:
1) The routing daemon is set in "/usr/sbin/in.rdisc" through /usr/sbin/routeadm(1M).
2) Routing daemon (/usr/sbin/in.routed) does not exist after system startup.
3) Routing table contains the default path.

Detecting routing daemon

If /usr/sbin/in.routed process name appears when running the following command, the routing daemon process is running.

# ps -ef | grep in.routed

Detecting the default path

You can check for the default path by running the following command. If a word "default" is displayed under "Destination", the default path is present.

# netstat -rn | grep default
default              192.168.70.254       UG        1      1  hme0