Greg Nelson writes: > I have a backup server that I need to create a bigger network pipe > for data coming into the box, how can I do that? It is my > understanding IPMP only allows for outgoing data and failover. Is > this something that would be set up on the switch side or is it even > possible? I would need to do this with Solaris 8, 9, and 10 > environments. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Is this with one TCP connection or many connections? If it's with many connections, then IPMP will work for inbound load spreading as well. You need to set up multiple data addresses on the system and may need to look into your name service infrastructure as well (setting up multiple DNS A records and round-robin resolution will help). If it's with a single TCP connection, you're sunk. There's no decent Ethernet-like solution that will do this. (RFC 1990 MP does it for PPP, at the cost of setting the latency to max(all-links), but I know of no solution for regular LAN-type hardware.) -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
