Setting Up Network Interfaces and Static Routing (CLI)

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Before You Begin

To ensure the appropriate network interfaces are used for the replication connections between source and target appliances, configure static /32 (host-specific) routes.

If you are setting up replication for a cluster configuration, select a singleton (unlocked) network interface so that following a cluster takeover or failback, the interface will move to the node where the replication work is being done. The two source cluster nodes can replicate to the same target node only if the target node provides two IP addresses, one for use by each node in the source cluster. Replicating to the same target IP address from both nodes of a source cluster is not supported.

Navigate to configuration services routing on the source appliance.

Use a static /32 (host-specific) route to the target system IP address via the dedicated network interface. In the following example, mask=32 means this is a host-specific route.

host_source:configuration services routing> create

    host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> get
            family = (unset)
       destination = (unset)
              mask = (unset)
           gateway = (unset)
         interface = (unset)
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> set family=IPv4
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> set destination=203.34.56.78
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> set mask=32
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> set gateway=203.34.56.254
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> set interface=nge3
  host_source:configuration services route (uncommitted)> commit
  host_source:configuration services routing> show
  route-000  0.0.0.0/0                        203.24.30.254   nge0      static
  route-001  203.24.30.0/32                   203.24.30.28    nge0      dynamic
  route-002  203.24.150.0/32                  203.24.150.10   ibd0      dynamic
  route-003  203.24.101.65/32                 203.24.30.254   nge1      inactive
  route-005  203.34.56.78/32                  203.34.56.254   nge3      static

After defining the static route from the source appliance to the target appliance, repeat these steps on the target appliance to define the static route from the target back to the source.
To ensure traffic is routed through the correct source and target interfaces, use the traceroute command.
For information about using traceroute, see Configuring Network Routing.

Note - When an interface is deleted, all routes associated with the interface are also removed.

Setting Up Network Interfaces and Static Routing (CLI)

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