Ip network multipathing ipmp is a layer 3 technology that enables you to group multiple ip interfaces into a single logical interface. Solaris 11s unified network interface allows for much cleaner vlan tagging usage. I know you can do vlan tagging without using a vnic, my personal preferences goes to vnics for a few reason. Ipmp enables you to configure multiple ip interfaces into a single group called an ipmp group. Often people ask how to use link aggregations and vlans with oracle vm server for sparc logical domain or ldoms. I can set this up with shared ip but i understand that exclusive ip is the way to go but i cannot figure out how to do it. You can create multiple vlan interfaces over a virtual network device in a guest domain. Implementing application zones on oracle supercluster. Using linkbased ipmp in oracle vm server for sparc. For more details about vlan names, see vlan tags and physical points of attachment in system administration guide.
This is an area where there are differences between solaris 11 and solaris 10 service domains. The steps to create zones and to assign interfaces to the zones are not covered in this procedure. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek. Aside from no longer requiring an mtu bodge, you can now choose which vlans to pass through to the ldom which is a massive improvement. Networking best practices with oracle zfs storage appliance. Highly available and scalable oracle rac networking with.
In solaris 11, vlans are created using dladm and the ip address is assigned using ipadm. Image packaging system ips a state of the art, network repositorybased. You need an existing datalink to create an interface on note i say datalink. New to solaris ipmp conversion from linux the unix and. This method is easier to configure and administer one interface for all operations, by using vlan tagging, vnics and flowadm1m you can do basically whatever you want regarding shaping and securing your traffic l2l3l4 on the host. Its a different way of handling ip interfaces, replacing ifconfig and a lot of etc file manipulation. Oracle solaris 11 configuring ipmp in an oracle vm server for sparc environment. After finishing the repository and other postwork, i should be create vm. There is also a new tool specifically written to monitor ipmp. Create an install service from a downloaded iso file, specifying x86 based dhcp client starting at address. The repository iso image is available under patch id 16701711 in mos. If you need these capabilities, use ipmp, as explained in chapter 30, introducing ipmp overview.
This article describes some of the new features for basic oracle solaris 11 network configuration and shows how to use them to add a new system to a simple but typical corporate network. The floating ip is given its own persistent, virtual object, at the same level as any other ip object at the ipadm layer. I will be creating a virtual switch on top of the aggr1 data link while the existing vlans are already there. In oracle solaris, ipmp contains the following features.
Solaris 11 s unified network interface allows for much cleaner vlan tagging usage. Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 zones, and resource management. In setting up a test box, i needed to set up vlan tagging 802. March 25, 2015 march 3, 2017 eli kleinman leave a comment no ratings yet. Solaris 11 link aggregation with multiple vlans not working. For information about zone configuration, refer to chapter 1, how to plan and configure nonglobal zones, in creating and using oracle solaris zones become an administrator. To use iftop on vlan tagged datalinks specify option f vlan using. My goal here is to give a brief description and steps how to configure a link aggregation in a serivce domain in this case also the control domain and then set up different vlan configurations. I believe in solaris 11 the driver was updated to support gldv3 so it. Vlan tagging and vanity naming in solaris 11 troys unix. The ipadm command is new in solaris 11 and the illumos derived distributions.
Caution the convention that is used to name vlans might lead to errors when you configure vlans as an ipmp group. Iftop on solaris 11, an open source monitoring tool to display bandwidth usage on an. The ip interfaces are now grouped into a virtual group ip interface e. For example, configure vlan 21 as untagged and vlan 20 as tagged. When using oracle solaris on the servers, the oracle solaris ipmp. Before going in deep we can see some basic concept of networking. A virtual local area network vlan are basically used to isolate groups of users from each other for ease of network administration and security. Use the oracle solaris 10 ifconfig command or the oracle solaris 11. You can now create a vlan tagged virtual interface that is a toplevel network entity in its own right. Note that everything was up and working just before the upgrade. Networking, vlan tagging and ipmp on ldom vswitches. The oracle vm server for sparc software supports 802. How to measure nic performancethroughput in solaris 11.
A virtual local area network vlan is a subdivision of a local area network at the datalink layer of the protocol stack. Solaris elastic virtual switch evs can be used to manage vxlan deployment automatically in a cloud environment this will be the subject of a future discussion. For a stepbystep procedure, please see using unified archives for system recovery and cloning in oracle solaris 11. The post describes configuration of vlan tagging on network interface with an example. The host forwards the packets without stripping the tag. Basically, it is a vnic with a fixed extra attribute, which is the vlan tag id. Is it possible to assign multiple ip address to nic. This article will walk through to configure the vnic with specific vlan number for guest ldoms. If this were solaris 10, id likely remove them and if i need. The virtual switch vsw and virtual network vnet devices support switching of ethernet packets based on the virtual local area network vlan identifier id and handle the necessary tagging or untagging of ethernet frames.
Monitoring network connections certainly can be frustrating, mainly because they can be established and then disappear within a matter of seconds. It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11. Solaris 10 zones and networking common considerations. This page has been rendered largely irrelevant with the release of the ldoms 1. This paper directly addresses only oracle solaris 11 nonglobal zones within an oracle solaris 11. In this post, we will show you how to achieve a zenlike approach to monitoring network connections on your servers using a. Using aggregations and vlans with ldoms and zones oracle. You can create vlans for local area networks that use switch technology. How to assign vlans to a virtual switch and virtual.
The hme nic is a very old interface and the driver doesnt support vlans so you may need to update to a gldv3 driver and nic, something like ce, bge, eg, etc. Networking, vlan tagging and ipmp on ldom vswitches update. In oracle solaris 11, each zone must have its own zfs. With features such as failure detection, transparent access failover, and packet load spreading, ipmp improves network performance by ensuring that the network is always available to the. How to configure vlan tagging on a network interface. More discussions in solaris 11 this discussion is archived. One single interface be it aggr or ipmp with one ip will be presented to ovm ov manager as host, as an ip with multiple vlan tagged. New features of oracle solaris 11 network configuration. This then allows you to apply persistent tuning options to it. Solaris 10 static ip network configuration guide router. Implementing application zones on oracle supercluster table of contents table of contents 0 introduction 1. Solaris 10 supports ipmp configured in only linkbased mode. In order to use vlan tagged interfaces in solaris, one simply needs to have an interface capable of handling vlan tagging can be determined by the man page of the interface driver, ex. When compared with the ipmp configuration in oracle solaris 10, oracle solaris 11 groups the ip interfaces into a virtual ip interface for example, ipmp0.
How to measure nic performancethroughput in solaris 11 using iftop. Oracle made a tone of changes to its networking stack in solaris 11. Ive been messing with it for days and am a bit baffled. Solaris 10 zones, vlans, ipmp solaris 10 zones, vlans, ipmp vostrushka technicaluser op 10 dec 11 15. The oracle solaris 11 ip multipathing ipmp feature has a new conceptual model. Transitioning from solaris 10 ip multipathing ipmp to oracle solaris 11 ipmp doc id 82335. I believe in solaris 11 the driver was updated to support gldv3 so it may work. Various tips and tricks picked up in unix engineering. Just wanted to touch base on configuring few of these feature. Solaris 10 static ip network configuration guide free download as.
Oracle highly recommends that all service domains are running solaris 11. If there is s need to assign vlan tag to the nic solaris provides special naming convention for the nic it includes vlan tag. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If i delete this ipmp address and interface and i add simple nic interface with an address then everything is fine. The content is drawn from transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 and other sources in the oracle solaris documentation. Link aggregation, aka trunking, is similar, yet different to ip multipathing ipmp. For more information about zone configuration, refer to chapter 17, planning and configuring nonglobal zones tasks, in oracle solaris 11. I would like to have two nics in ipmp configuration and public connections tagged with vlans. You can now create a vlan tagged virtual interface that is a toplevel. Solaris 11 zones part 1 may 01 ipadm and ipmp on solaris 11 april 30 resizing swap on solaris 11 april 08 case study.
A datalink may also be referred to as a physical interface, such as when referring to a network interface card nic. Persistent network configuration is now managed by smf, and not by editing following files. The following tables summarize differences between oracle solaris 10 and 11 with emphasis on the benefits of oracle solaris 11. This interface is treated just like any other interface. The first, most basic operation for which to use ipadm is the creation of a new ip interface.
By assigning groups of users to vlans, you can improve network administration and security for the entire local network. How to get started configuring your network in oracle. Consider the example of four vlans, bge, bge1001, bge2000, and bge2001. Solaris specialists blog everything about solaris page 12. How to configure a vlan managing network datalinks in.
The following is a quick primer on administering vxlan in solaris 11. Ip multipathing is a configuration that allows an ip address to automatically failover between two or more physical network interfaces. After i did the upgrade my one vlan based network connection stopped working. We migrated the first box to solaris 11 and we experienced the first bug, as soon as we login onto the server, it would. Common system configuration tasks have changed in oracle solaris 11 with the service management facility smf. Due to some of the new solaris 11 networking features, configuring a vlan tagged interface is slightly different from what. How to change and configure solaris 11 ip address may 1, 2016. Virtualizing an existing solaris isp environment march 05 setting up a simple iscsi target in solaris 11 january 31. On platforms that support dynamic reconfiguration dr of nics, ipmp can be used to transparently fail over network access, providing uninterrupted network access to the system. Ipmp which makes possible to assign the ip address to a group of network interface. Highly available and scalable oracle rac networking with oracle solaris 10 ipmp ipmp daemon in. How to download the logical domains manager software oracle solaris 10.
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