You also need the nfo option in the ifconfig command for the interfaces you want trigger the failover. See the man pages for ifconfig and options cf.takeover.on_network_interface_* and the Active-Active Config Guide.
But why not create a vif (now called interface group) and if you need two networks, use VLAN tags?
vif create multi blah e0a e0b #lacp would be better than multi vlan create blah 10 20 ifconfig blah-10 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtusize 9000 partner blah-10 ifconfig blah-20 5.6.7.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtusize 9000 partner blah-20
You need your switch ports set up for link aggregation/port channel/EtherChannel and VLAN tagging allowing the VLANs you want.
Share and enjoy!
Peter
-----Original Message----- From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:53 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: cf.takeover.on_network_interface_failure question
Hello;
FAS2050 running with ONTAP 7.3.5.
If we set cf.takeover.on_network_interface_failure to "on" and the failure policy to "any_nic", and network connectivity is _lost_ on a partner-configured NIC (but the NIC hasn't necessarily "failed"), is this sufficient to trigger a takeover?
We had a situation today where a patch panel or switch issue caused one of the NICs to trigger a "Link down". We didn't have the network interface failure takeover option configured, but I am wondering if this could have saved us.
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