The following table describes how each redundant line control function supports Solaris Zones.
The following table shows the support for each redundant mode on the shared-IP zone.
Redundant mode | Support |
|---|---|
Fast switching mode | Supported |
NIC switching mode | Supported |
Virtual NIC mode | Supported |
GS/SURE linkage mode | Supported |
The following table shows two network configurations are available on the exclusive-IP zones.
Redundant configuration on the exclusive-IP zones
Configure and use the virtual interface that make a redundant NIC assigned on the exclusive-IP zones.
Redundant configuration on the global zones
Configure the virtual interface that configures the redundant NIC on the global zones and use this virtual interface on the exclusive-IP zones.
The following table shows the support for each redundant mode on the exclusive-IP zones and the virtual network configurations supported in each mode.
Redundant mode | Support | Corresponding virtual network configuration on the Global zone |
|---|---|---|
Fast switching mode | Unsupported | - |
NIC switching mode | Supported | Redundant configuration on the exclusive-IP zones |
Virtual NIC mode | Supported | Redundant configuration on the global zone |
GS/SURE linkage mode | Unsupported | - |
Information
When you make the shared-IP zone network highly reliable through NIC switching, use physical IP takeover (operation mode "e"). If you use logical IP takeover (operation mode "d"), the redundant line control function will activate a logical IP address as a takeover IP address as well as Solaris will activate another logical IP address during zone startup, which means the unnecessary IP address not used by the zone will be activated. If you add the zone settings after setting logical IP takeover (operation mode "d"), it is not necessary to change it to physical IP takeover (operation mode "e").
The virtual IP address, logical IP address, and physical IP address allocated through redundant line control of the global zone can be used in the global zone only. The operating system will allocate IP addresses to the non-global zone during zone startup.
In the environment of Solaris 11.1 or later, the following configuration enables to make a redundant using the same physical NIC on the exclusive-IP zones and the global zone.
Create VNIC to each physical NIC on the global zone and make the VNIC redundant on the exclusive-IP zones.
Directly make the physical NIC redundant on the global zone.
To use the virtual NIC mode on the exclusive-IP zones, see "Exclusive-IP zones" in "PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Redundant Line Control Function for Virtual NIC Mode."
