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Re: [FW-1] Cluster XL FP3 - Mulicast or Broadcast?



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ClusterXL works by mapping an unicast IP address (Cluster IP address) to a multicast IP address.
 
As it's not exactly RFC like, Cisco switch and router seem to have problem with this.
 
Check in the ARP table of the next hop router if you've got an entry associating the IP address of the cluster with the MAC multicast address. If not, add one static entry.
 
Check in the CAM table of the switch if you could see the virtual multicast MAC addres. If not, add it statically on the interfaces on wich you've plugged the gateway.
 
This should help solving the problem.
 
Additionnaly, on complex LAN architecture, you could put all this in a seperate VLAN. We have tryed also to disable IGMP Snooping, on the switch. The purpose of this test was that the switch handle the multicast traffic as broadcast. We got 2 Cico in HSRP mode, and what we see is that it don't work too. The packets goes from one cisco to the other (real IP, not HSRP IP).
 
Sylvain
-----Original Message-----
From: Leonardo Boulton [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: mercredi 19 février 2003 01:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FW-1] Cluster XL FP3 - Mulicast or Broadcast?

Hi Guru lads,

I have a problem with cluster XL and I'm sure you are going to help me on this.
I have a cluster XL Load Sharing Configuration (just upgraded from FP2 to FP3) on two Solaris 8 boxes. Previously, they were synchronizing through the administration network that is connected to a Cisco 5500 switch. After the upgrade, I saw that both modules couldn't synchronize anymore, so I tested using a Hub instead of the 5500 switch. It worked!.

I suspected that, because I read somewhere (or I dreamed about it) that state synchronization used to be through Boradcasts, but now it is through Multicasts. Is that right?. What do I have to do for it to work with the switch?.

Thanks for your help and comments,

cheers,

LB


 
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