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Re: local node on failover server.

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Subject: Re: local node on failover server.
From: Mack.Joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:50:07 -0500
Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualisation
LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007
Federal Contact - John B. Smith 919-541-1087 - smith.john@xxxxxxx

> yes. (Actually it will reply to arp requests as soon as noarp has
> been deleted). Normally when you change from noarp to arp,
> you run send_arp to send 5 arp broadcasts just to be sure
> (it's part of heartbeat).

you need to do this immediately after the changeover,
as it will take about 90secs for the arp caches to
expire on other nodes and the other nodes will have
the wrong MAC address for the VIP till then.

Joe



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