I just picked up a few netapps and I was looking to create some VIFS I have
not done before. Basically I have two of the new dual GB cards one in slot
4 and the other in slot five. I would like some ideas since I have only
historically done single mode VIFS (1 port per card) like the following:
vif create single trunk1 e4 e5
vif favor e4
ifconfig trunk1 x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 wins
route add default x.x.x.x 1
What I want to do is a multimode using the 2 dual cards, each one going to
separate switches (2 connections per card - per switch). Unfortunately
from what I understand, the Cisco 6509 does not support Active Active trunk
groups across 2 different switches. We can however have an active active
trunk created between 2 ports on the same switch.
So I would like to have 1 dual card go to one switch (On two different
blades), and the send the other two to another switch. I would like 2 of
the 4 ports transmitting/receiving under 1 virtual address. Essentially,
most of the switch failures I have seen are logical, on the port or blade.
In this event the netapp does not failover. My thoughts are if I go on 2
different blades on the same switch, and I have both cards transmitting,
and receiving, then if I lose one port or blade, I will have another card.
If we lose the whole switch,then we would failover to the secondary VIF.
Do I create 2 different VIFS, and then create a 3rd VIF, (Essentially
viffing the VIFS)
I am sure I am not the first to head down this road, so any helpful advice
would be great, I am not finding to much on the NOW site.
Thanks
Drew
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