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Originally Posted by
DukeNuke2
The DSCP network is a hardwired connection between the XSCF and the Solaris domain. If you do an
ifconfig -a in Solaris you should be able to see the interface named
sppp0.
Read here for some more informations:
https://blogs.oracle.com/olympus/entry/dscp
The two XCSF network interface are for external connections to two different subnets for management. With one XSCF there is no automatic failover between network interfaces. The larger systems have two XSCF with combined 4 interfaces in two different subnets, which can automaticly failover if one XSCF fails.
So:
- M3000, M4000 and M5000 -> One XSCF
- M8000 and M9000 -> Two XSCF
and all the newer M10-1, M10-4 and M10-4S only have one XSCF (build in) again with two network interfaces and an internal DSCP network.
Hi DukeNuke2,
Thanks for the insight.
Can i confirm
Between XSCF to the external network, the interfaces are the actual "physical" interfaces that we can see on the physical box itself, whereas
Between XSCF to the domains, the interface are internally wired and is not "visible" to the naked eye.
Right?
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However, i am not so sure about the benefits of configuring DSCP (it seems like in the blog, the only purpose is to access the SP from domain as well as ntp, archiving purposes).
Without DSCP, i can still connect to XSCF from external network and i can still use it to poweron/off the domains (without the "internal network" ).
Having said that, it seems like XSCF can still access the domain (power on/off), even without DSCP.
So what are the real benefits of having a domain being able to reach a SP ? (beside NTP) ?
Maybe i am not seeing the full picture here..
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Noob