4. Enable unique Ethernet MAC addresses.
a. # eeprom 'local-mac-address?=true'
b. Reboot the server for the change to take effect.
5. Plumb both interfaces.
# ifconfig bge0 plumb # ifconfig bge1 plumb
6. Edit the /etc/hosts file.
a. Get three IP addresses from the same IP subnet before you start to edit.
• One IP is the data address that is used during a failure.
• The other two IP are the test addresses that must be defined for two interfaces.
Type of Network
Network Interface
IP Address
Node Name
physical
bge0
10.7.0.1
MPSAP1-a
physical
bge1
10.7.0.2
MPSAP1-b
virtual
bge0:1
10.7.0.3
MPSAP1-a-bge0
The in.mpathd daemon uses the test addresses to detect network interface failures and
repairs. The daemon does not fail-over in the event of an interface failure.
b. Add the following lines to the /etc/hosts file. Substitute the three IP addresses you
obtained in the previous step.
10.7.0.1 MPSAP1-a # bge0 data address
10.7.0.2 MPSAP1-b # standby/test address for bge1
10.7.0.3 MPSAP1-a-bge0 # test address for bge0
7. Edit the /etc/netmasks file. Add the following line to the /etc/netmasks file.
10.7.0.0 255.255.0.0
8. Create the hostname.* files.
a. You must create the /etc/hostname.bge0 file first.
MPSAP1-a n bro failover up group ipmp_test \ addif MPSAP1-a-bge0
n bro deprecated -failover up
(No space between the hyphen [-] and failover.)
b. Create the /etc/hostname.bge1 file.
MPSAP1-b n bro deprecated group ipmp_test -failover standby up
c. Reboot the server for the configuration to take effect.
d. Run the following command to check that the in.mpathd daemon is running.
root@mpsap1 {10} ps -ef | grep in.mpathd
root 130 1 0 11:55:08 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/inet/in.mpathd -a
9. Check the configuration by issuing the following command:
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