what is a monitored private interface

[sebastan_bach]

hi all i am new to cluster XL. I couldn;t get much info on the monitored private interface. what is this interface and why and when would be need a monitored private interface.

any info would be great.

regards

sebastan

[Routerkid1]

Here is a basic break down of where you would use this option.

Lets say you have two machines in a cluster that have 4 interfaces each. You only need an internal, external and sync. You would mark the left over interface as non monitored private so the clustering software would not send ccp packets on udp 8116 to get status on this interface. I will also use this option if I need to plug in this interface but I am not ready to cluster the subnet connected on this interface.

[sebastan_bach]

hi mate thanks for ur reply. but as per the documentation it states something else.

here is from the documentation.

When defining VLAN tags on an interface, cluster IP addresses can be defined only on the VLAN interfaces (the tagged interfaces). Defining a cluster IP address on a physical interface that has VLANs is not supported. This physical interface has to be defined with the Network Objective Monitored Private.

can u pls help part i am not getting it clearly.

waiting for ur reply mate,

regards

sebastan

[Routerkid1]

That is another use aswell. Do you plan on using vlans ?

[sebastan_bach]

yeah mate since there is some problem with my splat and since it recognises only one single nic. i am planning to use vlans for creating the internal dna external interface and even the sync interface on vlans.

is this possible cause i read in NGX R65 sync interface is supported on vlan interface though not recommended.

waiting for ur reply.

regards

sebastan

[jaskaran224]

you should have atleast two separate physical interface for defining internal and external... however u can have sync interface by creating a vlan on internal one..