[Ocfs2-users] Dual NICs for OCFS2

[Zach Brown]

Ivan Vasquez wrote:
> To avoid a single point of failure, we are configuring an Oracle cluster
> with two private NICs per node. They are directly attached via crossover
> cable to its peer on the other server (two-node cluster).
> 
> How can we tell OCFS2 that it has available a second card?

OCFS2 doesn't specifically deal with this setup itself.  You can 
configure the two interfaces to be bonded into a single logical one in 
the kernel and OCFS2 will use that bonded interface, via its IP address, 
just like it would a typical single interface.

A good place to start might be the kernel's documentation of this 
functionality.  It mentions that some distributions have config files 
that help manage the bonded interfaces.

	http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

- z