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L2 and L3 Deployment Best Practices

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Oracle Switch ES1-24

Sun Network 10GbE Switch 72p

Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10GbE

Understanding L2 and L3 Implementations

L2 and L3 Configuration Task Overview

L2 and L3 Topology

L2 and L3 VLAN Best Practices

Adding VLANs

Add an Untagged VLAN

Add a Tagged VLAN

L2 Based Configuration Example Using PVRST Protocol

L2 PVRST Example Overview

L2 PVRST Configuration Task Overview

Configuring a Basic L2 PVRST Based Topology

Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST

Verify the L2 PVRST Configuration

Configuring an L2 PVRST Based Topology With Active/Standby Bond on the Servers

Prepare Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Prepare Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Verify the L2 PVRST Active/Standby Configuration on the Servers

Configuring an L2 PVRST and LLA Based Topology With Active/Active Bond on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Verify the L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active Configuration on the Servers

L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Overview

L3 Implementations Overview

L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Task Overview

Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using RIP

Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Verify the L3 RIP Configuration

Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using OSPF

Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Verify the L3 OSPF Configuration

Glossary

Index

Verify the L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active Configuration on the Servers


Note - All pings should be successful.


  1. Check the configuration on Host-6.

    Host-6 has a bond to test the Active/Active configuration.

    [Host-6 ~]# ifconfig
    bond0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.99.25  Bcast:192.168.99.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:437588211 errors:0 dropped:2320386094
              overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:12455843 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0            RX bytes:68901926926 (64.1 GiB)  TX bytes:523164595 (498.9
              MiB)
    bond0.200 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07           inet addr:192.168.20.25  Bcast:192.168.20.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0         inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.201 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.21.25  Bcast:192.168.21.255
               Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.202 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.22.25  Bcast:192.168.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.203 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.23.25  Bcast:192.168.23.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.300 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.30.25  Bcast:192.168.30.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.301 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.31.25  Bcast:192.168.31.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.302 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.32.25  Bcast:192.168.32.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    bond0.303 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07            inet addr:192.168.33.25  Bcast:192.168.33.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe21:ee07/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07
    ...
    eth6      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:21:EE:07
    ...
  2. Check the configuration on Host-1.
    [Host-1 ~]# ifconfig -a
    eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.99.10  Bcast:192.168.99.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1         RX packets:880287915 errors:0 dropped:257423842
              overruns:0 frame:0         TX packets:443506697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000           RX bytes:70568649692 (65.7 GiB)  TX bytes:18627318985
              (17.3 GiB)
    eth3.300  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.30.10  Bcast:192.168.30.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    eth3.301  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.31.10  Bcast:192.168.31.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    eth3.302  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.32.10  Bcast:192.168.32.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link
    ...
    eth3.303  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.33.10  Bcast:192.168.33.255
               Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link
    ...
  3. Check the configuration on Host-2.
    [Host-2 ~]# ifconfig
    nxge1: flags=1001000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,FIXEDMTU> mtu 9000 index 4        inet 192.168.99.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.99.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge200001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 6        inet 192.168.20.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge201001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 7        inet 192.168.21.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.21.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge202001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 8        inet 192.168.22.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.22.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge203001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 9        inet 192.168.23.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.23.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge300001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 10        inet 192.168.30.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.30.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge301001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 11        inet 192.168.31.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.31.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge302001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 12        inet 192.168.32.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.32.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge303001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 13        inet 192.168.33.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.33.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
  4. Ping from Host-6 to a tagged and untagged interface on Host-1 of the core switch.
    [Host-6 ~]# ping 192.168.33.10
    [Host-6 ~]# ping 192.168.99.10
  5. Ping from Host-6 to a tagged and untagged interface on Host-1 of ToR72p-1.
    [Host-6 ~]# ping 192.168.23.15
    [Host-6 ~]# ping 192.168.30.15
    [Host-6 ~]# ping 192.168.99.15
  6. Ping from Host-2 to a tagged and untagged interface on Host-6 of ES1-24p-1.
    [Host-2 ~]# ping -s 192.168.21.25
    [Host-2 ~]# ping -s 192.168.99.25
  7. Ping from Host-2 to a tagged and untagged interface on Host-1 of the core switch.
    [Host-2 ~]# ping -s 192.168.32.10
    [Host-2 ~]# ping -s 192.168.99.10
  8. Ping from Host-1 to a tagged and untagged interface on Host-6 of ES1-24p-1.
    [Host-1 ~]# ping -s 192.168.32.10
    [Host-1 ~]# ping -s 192.168.99.10
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