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•FDDI
•SP Switch
•SLIP
•SOCC
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As an independent, layered component of AIX, the HACMP for AIX software works with most
Note
ATM and SP Switch networks are special cases of
The HACMP for AIX software supports a maximum of 32 networks per cluster and 24 TCP/IP network adapters on each node. These numbers provide a great deal of flexibility in designing a network configuration. The network design affects the degree of system availability in that the more communication paths that connect clustered nodes and clients, the greater the degree of network availability.
2.2.1.2 Special Network Considerations
Each type of interface has different characteristics concerning speed, MAC addresses, ARP, and so on. In case there is a limitation you will have to work around, you need to be aware of the characteristics of the adapters you plan to use. In the next paragraphs, we summarize some of the considerations that are known.
Hardware Address Swapping is one issue. If you enable HACMP to put one address on another adapter, it would need something like a boot and a service address for IPAT, but on the hardware layer. So, in addition to the manufacturers
The speed of the network can be another issue. Your application may have special network throughput requirements that must be taken into account.