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# 1  
Old 01-27-2011
solaris ping timeout

Hi,

I have two solaris 9 servers on the same switch,

primary
int0: 10.35.65.51
int1: 10.35.65.53

warm standby
int0: 10.35.65.52
int1: 10.35.65.54


Primary server communicates with the other for db replication on int0 interfaces.

But meanwhile we are using web interface running on int0 and sometimes it doesn't respond.

In order to investigate problem, I start ping to int0, int1 of the servers and saw that sometimes ping doesnt response on int0, but int1 on the same switch responding.

I changed switch in order to be sure about any problem on the switch, but ping problem appeared again.

The frequency of the problem: I cannot reach first box via ping for 10-15 seconds in every 10 minutes.

Is it possible that ping doesnt respond due to high volume communication on int0 of both servers?

or is it due to a problem on it? How can I check?

Could you help?

P.S I checked system log files and there were no hardware error there.
Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 01-27-2011
I would make sure you have at least a basic level of "Recommended Patches" on the box - these can often include kernel patches.
I would also swap out the UTP cables if you have spares - its a simple and cheap check that can often be missed.
Also is there likely to be any boxes that might have been allocated a duplicate IP address ? Ive seen in the past, because of the regularity of arp messages, two machines flip-flopping answering ping requests.
# 3  
Old 01-27-2011
hi,

2 NICs on the same subnet are likely to cause you problems. What sort of routing entries do you have for these interfaces?

Can you paste your routing table please.
Code:
netstat -rn

I would go out on a limb and suspect asymmetric routing as the cause of the erratic behaviour.

You could check this from the machine itself, by doing a few times in sucession the following command:

Code:
traceroute -p 22 some_box_with_sshd_running

And look for which interface is chosen. If they tend to differ, then it lends credence to the asymmetric routing.
# 4  
Old 01-27-2011
Hi,

Thanks for quick replies.

Below is the netstat output

# netstat -rn

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
10.35.65.0 10.35.65.55 U 1 4 ce1
10.35.65.0 10.35.65.51 U 1 0 ce2
10.60.4.0 10.35.65.1 UG 1 2
10.35.0.0 10.35.65.1 UG 1 0
224.0.0.0 10.35.65.51 U 1 0 ce2
default 192.168.196.1 UG 1 15
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 8202 lo0

I am going to check "tracereoute -p 22 some_box-sshd_running"

By the way, we tried with different cable, but still got the same problem

Last edited by magnimious; 01-27-2011 at 08:24 AM.. Reason: additional info
# 5  
Old 01-27-2011
Ah yes...I seem to remember somewhere in my brain that Solaris does/did the odd thing of having the same hardware MAC address for multiple NIC's doesnt it ? Could that be confusing the switch ?
# 6  
Old 01-27-2011
You mean local-mac-address in eeprom.

That could be it, yep -

@ OP, please run the following and post.

Code:
eeprom | grep local-mac

Let us also know what the traceroute threw up.
# 7  
Old 01-27-2011
This article discusses the one MAC/multiple NIC issue, and how to disable that....might be worth a try if you're allowed a reboot.
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