Layer 2 |
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Since the virtual MAC address is never learned, traffic is forwarded to only one server rather than the
entire cluster, and failover and balancing are not preserved (
Figure 25-5
).
Figure 25-4. Server Clustering: Multiple ARP Replies
Figure 25-5. Server Clustering: Failover and Balancing Not Preserved
Configuring the Switch for Microsoft Server Clustering
To preserve failover and balancing, the Dell Force10 switch must learn the cluster’s virtual MAC address,
and it must forward traffic destined for the server cluster out all member ports in the VLAN connected to
the cluster. To ensure that this happens, you must configure the command
ip
vlan-flooding
on the Dell
Force10 switch at the time that the Microsoft cluster is configured (
Figure 25-6
).
As shown in
Figure 25-6
, the server MAC address is given in the Ethernet frame header of the ARP reply,
while the virtual MAC address representing the cluster is given in the payload. The
ip
vlan-flooding
command directs the system to discover that there are different MAC addresses in an ARP reply and
associate the virtual MAC address with the VLAN connected to the cluster. Then, all traffic destined for
the cluster is flooded out of all member ports. Since all of the servers in the cluster receive traffic, failover
and balancing are preserved.
VLAN 1
Client
Last ARP Reply
MACS1
Server1:
IPS1
MACS2
IPS2
Server2:
Source MAC: MACCluster
Destination MAC: MACClient
Source IP: IPS1
Source MAC: MACS1
Type: 0x0806
Pad
CRC
Ethernet Frame Header
ARP Reply
fnC0027mp
Microsoft Server Cluster: IPCluster
MACCluster
MACS3
IPS3
Server3:
MACS4
IPS4
Server4:
VLAN 1
Client
Data
fnC0028mp
MACS1
Server1:
IPS1
MACS2
IPS2
Server2:
Microsoft Server Cluster: IPCluster
MACCluster
MACS3
IPS3
Server3:
MACS4
IPS4
Server4:
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...