Cluster I/O Protocols (CIP) Configuration and Management Manual (H06.16+, J06.05+)

1. Use interface to add a bonded interface.
2. Use ip to add an IP address to the bonded interface.
3. Use slaveinterface to configure the bonded interface with multiple slave interfaces. With
multiple physical interfaces configured for each bonding interface, when one physical interface
has a problem, the traffic will be switched to another interface.
Use the -primary option to designate a primary interface to be used for the bonded interface
when using bond mode 1. This interface will be used as the active interface for the bond
whenever it is available. See the “climconfig.slaveinterface Description” (page 368) command.
Also see Example 13: CLIM-to-CLIM Failover (IP CIP) (page 95) for an example of configuring
a primary interface for the bonded interface.
Configuring CLIM-to-CLIM Failover (IP CIP)
To set up CLIM-to-CLIM failover, use the CLIMCMD {clim-name | ip-address} climconfig
failover command to add a destination interface on a different CLIM.
For examples of these commands, see “Configure the Eth1 Through Eth5 Interfaces (Does Not
Apply to Storage CIP)” (page 65) and “Configure CLIM-To-CLIM Failover (Applies to IP CIP Only,
Not Storage CIP)” (page 66). For the full syntax of these commands, see “Climconfig (Man Pages)”
(page 301).
For faster failover, on the router, do not set the Retrans Timer field of the router advertisements, or
set it less than or equal to 1000ms.
CAUTION: If the Retrans Timer field of the router advertisements is set to greater than 1000ms,
failover may not work.
Example 13 CLIM-to-CLIM Failover (IP CIP)
This example is for CLIMs with MULTIPROV OFF. See “Setting Up Multiple Providers per CLIM”
(page 129) for a discussion of configuring CLIMs with MULTIPROV ON.
1. Find already configured CLIM interfaces.
> CLIMCMD c1002581 climconfig interface –info all
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Interface : lo
Interface Type : Loopback Interface
Interface : eth0
Interface Type : Physical Interface
MTU Size : 1500
IP Address : 16.107.201.131
Netmask : 255.255.252.0
ROUTE Details :
- Route Type : Default Route
Destination Address : 0.0.0.0
Netmask : 0.0.0.0
Gateway Address : 16.107.200.1
Metric : 0
Minimum RTO : Unspecified
InitCWND : Unspecified
Auto Negotiation Details :
- Status : on
Line Speed : Not Applicable
Duplex : Not Applicable
Software MAC Address : Unspecified
Interface : eth1
Interface Type : Physical Interface
MTU Size : 1500
IP Address : 16.107.201.90
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