> I have a backup server that I need to create a bigger network pipe for > data coming into the box, how can I do that? It is my understanding > IPMP only allows for outgoing data and failover. Is this something > that would be set up on the switch side or is it even possible? I > would need to do this with Solaris 8, 9, and 10 environments. Thanks > in advance for any responses.
Inbound load-spreading is usually done in concert with DNS. For instance, if you have two interfaces and two IP addresses on the same subnet, you could use IPMP to assign an address to each interface, and then have DNS round-robin through the two addresses. You can of course scale this up with more addresses and more interfaces. Note that in the current implementation, you need to explicitly spread the IP addresses across the underlying interfaces, by configuring an address on each one. After the rearchitecture, the kernel will do that for you, and you will be able to examine the distribution with ipmpstat. Please let me know if you need more details. -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
