5.5 HP StorageWorks X9300 Network Storage Gateway Administrator Guide (AW539-96007, March 2011)

clients could connect to bond1 on either host, as these clients do not support or require NIC failover.
(The following sample output shows only the relevant fields.)
[root@ib50-80 ~]# ibrix_nic -l
HOST IFNAME TYPE STATE IP_ADDRESS BACKUP_HOST BACKUP_IF
------- ------ ------- ------------------- ------------- ----------- ---------
ib50-81 bond1:1 User Up, LinkUp 16.226.50.220 ib50-82 bond1:1
ib50-81 bond0 Cluster Up, LinkUp 172.16.0.81
ib50-81 bond1:2 User Inactive, Standby
ib50-81 bond1 User Up, LinkUp 16.226.50.81
ib50-82 bond0 Cluster Up, LinkUp 172.16.0.82
ib50-82 bond1 User Up, LinkUp 16.226.50.82
ib50-82 bond1:2 User Inactive, Standby
ib50-82 bond1:1 User Up, LinkUp 16.226.50.228 ib50-81 bond1:1
Specifying VIFs in the client configuration
When you configure your clients, you may need to specify the VIF that should be used for client access.
NFS/CIFS. Specify the VIF IP address of the servers (for example, bond1:0) to establish connection.
You can also configure DNS round robin to ensure NFS or CIFS client-to-server distribution. In both
cases, the NFS/CIFS clients will cache the initial IP they used to connect to the respective share, usually
until the next reboot.
FTP. When you add an FTP share on the Add FTP Shares dialog box or with the ibrix_ftpshare
command, specify the VIF as the IP address that clients should use to access the share.
HTTP. When you create a virtual host on the Create Vhost dialog box or with the ibrix_httpvhost
command, specify the VIF as the IP address that clients should use to access shares associated with
the Vhost.
X9000 clients. Use the following command to prefer the appropriate user network. Execute the
command once for each destination host that the client should contact using the specified interface.
ibrix_client -n -h SRCHOST -A DESTNOST/IFNAME
For example:
ibrix_client -n -h client12.mycompany.com -A ib50-81.mycompany.com/bond1
NOTE:
Because the backup NIC cannot be used as a preferred network interface for X9000 clients, add one
or more user network interfaces to ensure that HA and client communication work together.
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