Nortel Networks V210 (RoHS) manual Physical IP address of the bge1 interface Enter

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7Press Enter to continue.

8You will see the following statement:

”You are now configuring IPMP (Multipathing)"

”Please have the Database Server Physical IP addresses and the Machine Logical IP address ready. Have 6 IP addresses that can be used as ping buddies." Recommendations for ping buddies are provided.

9Press the Enter key to continue.

10When you see the IP multipathing configuration for Sun Solaris information appear, press Enter to accept it or type in a preferred setting. The default failover timeout is set to 1000mSec.

11Enter the primary machine physical IP address for the bge0 interface: <Physical IP address of the bge0 interface> [Enter]

Example: 120.120.13.20

12Enter the secondary machine physical IP address for the bge1 interface:

<Physical IP address of the bge1 interface> [Enter]

Example: 120.120.13.21

13Enter the <machine logical IP addresses of the servers> that are the ping targets.

Note: Do not enter the IP address of the server you are working on.

IP Multipathing needs a set of reliable hosts to ping against. Select a set of three IP addresses in this subnet that belong to reliable nodes (such as fault tolerant servers). Select the three nodes from the following list, in order of preference:

For IPMP GROUPS:

•Machine Logical IP address of the database server

•Machine Logical IP address of the Management server

•Machine Logical IP address of the CAM server

•BPS stack IP address

•Other optional devices (PRI Gateway host)

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