RE: LVS & MAC ADDRESS ISSUES

[Peter Mueller <pmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> alive should use the MAC address of the failing node. This 
> causes delays in the failover for my switches and router. I 
> was thinking about VRRP. However, there should be another way.

Don't re-invent the wheel; use keepalived (http://www.keepalived.org) or
ultramonkey (www.ultramonkey.org)

>          VIP
>     ______|_____
>    |            |
>  __|___      ___|__
> |      |    |      |
> |      |    |      |
> |______|    |______|
>        \<--->/
> MAC 002123  MAC 987689

I'm not sure how this ascii art makes me feel.  On the one hand it is always
nice to see ascii, but on the other hand there's something sinister about
this art..

Cheers,

Peter