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Date:      Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:37:19 +0200
From:      Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
To:        John <jwd@SlowBlink.Com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Production use of carp?
Message-ID:  <20110603003719.61292e9e@davenulle.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110602203940.GA80549@slowblink.com>
References:  <20110602203940.GA80549@slowblink.com>

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Le Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:39:40 -0400,
John <jwd@SlowBlink.Com> a écrit :


>    Instead of running carp on the external interfaces as below:
> 
> ifconfig_cxgb0="inet 10.24.99.11 netmask 255.255.0.0"  # System 1
> physical ip ifconfig_cxgb0="inet 10.24.99.12 netmask 255.255.0.0"  #
> System 2 physcial ip ifconfig_carp1="vhid 1 pass zfscarp1 advbase 1
> advskew 100 10.24.99.13 netmask 255.255.0.0" # HA ip used by clients 
>    ... we instead connect a direct cross-over cable between the two
> systems providing HA/Failover and use a private (backside) network:

I've missed this...

As the purpose of carp is to provide a shared ip on a network, I don't
see why you are trying to use it on a cross-over network, between
only two machines? It seems useless to me.

Regards.




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