On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Sam Cramer wrote:
When a node takes over for its partner, it reads the partner's /etc/rc file. The ifconfig commands are processed specially: they are examined for a "partner" clause. If a partner clause is found, the interface named in the partner clause takes over for the interface specified in the ifconfig command. If no partner clause is found, the ifconfig command is ignored.
Ah, this is good to know. I had thought the takeover process will assume the current *running* configuration of network interfaces, but you're saying the virtual filer will look at what is in /etc/rc instead (which may or may not reflect the state of things when the crash occurred). Now that I think about it, that makes perfect sense, since the virtual filer goes through a "reboot" on the partner filer, reading the /etc/rc, playing back WAFL logs, etc.