On Nov 10, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Paul Kraus wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Tommy McNeely > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The problem I ran into this time was that static routes don't seem to >> use the same intelligence that default routes do. For example, in the > > <snip> > > At least as of 10U5 your observation is correct. I tried > getting Sun to recognize this issue via a support case, after 6 to 8 > months of the case being opened, they told me that IP Exclusive was > the work around and that they would NOT even file a bug or an RFE on > the static route behavior. Unfortunately, this is a work around that > really hampers us due to the limitations of the number of physical > ethernet interfaces we can put in a single box (and the cabling mess > that goes with it). We have many different security requirements for > Internet exposed "servers", none of which has a particularly high > load, so it makes sense to put them all on zones on a moderate server > from a load perspective.
... hence my "shared-ip is the only thing available (feasible)" comment :) > > > If this has changed, or is being worked on in OpenSolaris, I > would *love* to hear about it. Network interface virtualization! http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/ I think some of the deep dark kernel stuff is integrated to OpenSolaris (and thus Solaris Express), but not everything yet? ~tommy > > > <snip> > >> I know this would be made simpler with vnic and private IP stack, but >> in my world, shared-ip is the only thing available (feasible). > > -- > {--------1 > ---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7---------} > Paul Kraus > -> Facilities Coordinator, Albacon 2008 > -> Business Manager, Delta-Xi cast of Alpha-Psi-Omega @ RPI > _______________________________________________ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
