I am still having routing problems, so it must be drawing time again.
Our old configuration looked like this:
===LAN==+== 10.0/16 ==========
|OSA
+----------------------------+
| 10.0.0.7 |
| VM 4.4 | +---------------+
| 10.1.5.2|--CTC--| VSE 10.1.2.2 |
+----------------------------+ +---------------+
The VM link via the OSA was PRIROUTER,
the LAN routed all 10.1. traffic to 10.0.0.7,
and VSE got its connectivity.
Now, moving to VM5 and using a VSWITCH, I have this picture:
===LAN==+== 10.0/16 ==========
|OSA
+-------------+
| VSWITCH |
+-------------+
|VNIC
+----------------------------+
| 10.0.0.7 |
| VM 5.3 | +---------------+
| 10.1.5.2|--CTC--| VSE 10.1.2.2 |
+----------------------------+ +---------------+
We tried this last week and the routing did not work. So, I have been
working
on it in my test system.
Today I tried the following experiment:
===LAN==+== 10.0/16 ==========
|OSA
+-------------+
| VSWITCH |
+-------------+
|VNIC
+----------------------------+ +-----------------+
| 10.0.7.153 | | VMunderVM |
| VM 5.3 Test | | +-------------+ |
| 10.1.99.53|--CTC----+ VMTCPIP | |
+----------------------------+ | | 10.1.31.253 | |
| +-------------+ |
+-----------------+
1) The network guy had prepared LAN routing for 10.1.31.x to 10.0.7.153
2) the vswitch shows PRIROUTER when I do a Q VSWITCH
3) a workstation on the LAN can ping 10.0.7.153
4) when logged in on 10.0.7.153 I can ping the workstation, and 10.1.31.253
5) BUT... the workstation only gets timeouts when pinging 10.1.31.253.
So, this is basically a test of whether I can route to another network via
VM on a vswitch, and it did not work.
Obviously, I cannot throw away the VM4 system until I can get the VM5
to give connectivity to our VSE. (Yes, when we upgrade VSE next, it will
also
connect directly to the Vswitch, with a new IP, and no more routing!)
I am at a loss as to who is breaking the chain here. How can I know
if the routie set up to 10.0.7.153 is working? Or that the OSA
is really sending the request to the vswitch? Or is VM not forwarding via
the CTC to 2nd level TCPIP?
Any suggestions as to what to do/check next are welcome. :-)
Thanks!
Shimon
