Communication pathsThis includes the important process of sending and processing the cluster heartbeats by eachparticipant node. Cluster communication is achieved by communicating over multipleredundant paths. The following redundant paths provide a ...
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This includes the important process of sending and processing the cluster heartbeats by each
participant node. Cluster communication is achieved by communicating over multiple
redundant paths. The following redundant paths provide a robust clustering foundation that is
less prone to cluster partitioning:
TCP/IP
PowerHA SystemMirror and Cluster Aware AIX, via multicast, uses all network interfaces
that are available for cluster communication. All of these interfaces are discovered by
default and used for health management and other cluster communication. You can use
the PowerHA SystemMirror management interfaces to remove any interface that you do
not want to be used by specifying these interfaces in a private network.
SAN-based
A redundant high-speed path of communication is established between the hosts by using
the storage area network (SAN) fabric that exists in any data center between the hosts.
Discovery-based configuration reduces the burden for you to configure these links.
Repository disk
Health and other cluster communication is also achieved through the central repository
disk.
Of these three, only the SAN-based one is optional for a local site cluster. However, none of
these communication paths can be used between two sites in a linked cluster. In this case,
you have to use unicast communication between the sites. More information can be found in
“Linked cluster and multiple site support” on page 19.
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