Solaris 8 supports that feature. To have a second NIC/port on standby.
There are also a few NIC cards for solaris 6/7 that support that.
Clayton Price
""Dagmar d'Surreal"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Brian W. wrote:
>
> >
> > I have a friend that is trying to setup a situation like this.
> >
> > router w hsrp-->2 switches--->2 ports on a multiport nic on a server.
> >
> > He'd like the server to be a Solaris running Sparc. The part he wants
to
> > accomplish that I couldn't answer is this. He wants each port to have
the
> > same ip and for the other port to take over if 1 fails.
> >
> > Any of you know of a site that outlines driver/hardware plans that have
> > worked??
>
> You just described a basic Stonebeat cluster configuration. It's only
> marginally cheaper than Sun's own clustering solution.
>
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