HP-UX IPSec and MC/ServiceGuard

Introduction

 

Introduction

 

An MC/ServiceGuard cluster is a networked group of HP 9000 or

 

Integrity servers (host systems known as nodes) with redundant

 

hardware and software so that a single point of failure does not

 

significantly disrupt service. Application packages (individual HP-UX

 

processes) can be grouped together in failover packages. If a single

 

service, node, network or other resource fails, MC/ServiceGuard can

 

automatically transfer, or fail over, control of the package to another

 

node (an adoptive node) within the cluster.

Figure 8-1

MC/ServiceGuard Cluster

MC/ServiceGuard periodically sends heartbeat messages to determine if a cluster node is available. When using MC/ServiceGuard with HP-UX IPSec, HP recommends that you have at least one network dedicated to sending and receiving heartbeat messages. In Figure 8-1,the interface addresses 10.1.1.1, 10.2.2.2 and 10.3.3.3 are attached to a network used only for heartbeat messages. The cluster nodes also send and receive heartbeat messages on interfaces attached to the second network (the 15.*.*.* LAN), which used for both heartbeat and data packets.

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