[Linux-cluster] Multiple TCP/IP adresses for cman communication

[Alain Richard]

Hi,

I am currently using a pretty common setup, using a two or more nodes  
cluster,  one or more iSCSI SANs, at least 3 gigabyte interfaces on  
each nodes (one for cluter member cman communication, and 2 for iSCSI  
communication) :


     switch 1
     |       |
node 1      node 2
  |   |      |   |
  |   Switch 2   |
  |     |        |
  |    SAN       |
  |     |        |
  ———Switch 3----|

On each switches, I use a separate network :

10.10.10.0/24 for switch 1, cman communication and for communicating  
with the rest of the world,
10.10.20.0/24 for switch 2 and first port of the SAN and nodes,
10.10.30.0/24 for switch 3 and second port of the SAN and nodes.

My SAN luns are multipathed on the nodes.

This setup works very well for me and I achieve both redundancy and  
load balancing for access from nodes to SAN.

I am using Centos 5 (RHEL 5) on the nodes and cman use the default  
configuration of using multicast on the switch 1 network.

I wonder if it is possible to make cman use the two other interfaces  
as well for its communications between cluster nodes ?

Doing so, I will be able to support the fail of any of the 3 switches  
without having the cluster members fenced in any way.

Regards,

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