Multicast addressing

From: Andrew Stueve (andrew.stueve@wcom.com)
Date: Wed Jul 31 2002 - 14:12:33 EDT


I have a Weblogic cluster I am trying to setup.

The new cluster is on Solaris 8, the old cluster was on Solaris 7

Under Solaris 7, I can assign an address (237.0.0.1) and use it for the
multicast broadcast between the two nodes. We did must have done something
on the 2.7 box, but we don't know what, and how to get it to work on Solaris 8.

 From the old system:
# uname -a
SunOS XXXXXX02 5.7 Generic_106541-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.11.22 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 10.35.11.127
ether 8:0:20:f7:df:c6
qfe3: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.13.165 netmask fffffff0 broadcast 10.35.13.175
ether 8:0:20:f6:56:3b
qfe0: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.14.118 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.35.14.255
ether 8:0:20:f6:56:38
# ping 237.0.0.1
237.0.0.1 is alive
# arp -a
Net to Media Table
Device IP Address Mask Flags Phys Addr
------ -------------------- --------------- ----- ---------------
hme0 10.35.11.126 255.255.255.255 00:03:47:08:f0:ae
qfe0 237.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 01:00:5e:00:00:01 <<<<<SHOWS UP ON qfe0
hme0 10.35.11.36 255.255.255.255 00:60:cf:48:e8:a0
hme0 10.35.11.37 255.255.255.255 00:60:cf:48:dd:a0
hme0 10.35.11.42 255.255.255.255 00:02:a5:60:bc:a4
hme0 repsvr02-oob 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f7:df:c6
qfe0 10.35.14.103 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:f1:8e:8c
qfe0 10.35.14.102 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:eb:c6:a0
hme0 10.35.11.107 255.255.255.255 00:08:02:24:4b:e2
qfe0 10.35.14.119 255.255.255.255 00:50:8b:fc:99:94
qfe0 REPSVR01 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f6:56:38
qfe0 10.35.14.126 255.255.255.255 00:e0:b6:03:9b:1a
qfe3 10.35.13.165 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f6:56:3b
qfe3 10.35.13.166 255.255.255.255 00:02:a5:2c:7f:66
qfe0 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
qfe3 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
hme0 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
# ifconfig qfe1 plumb up <<<<<PLUMB THE INTERFACE
# ifconfig qfe1 237.0.0.1
# ifconfig -a <<<<<<<CHECK IT
lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.11.22 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 10.35.11.127
ether 8:0:20:f7:df:c6
qfe3: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.13.165 netmask fffffff0 broadcast 10.35.13.175
ether 8:0:20:f6:56:3b
qfe0: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.35.14.118 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.35.14.255
ether 8:0:20:f6:56:38
qfe1: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 237.0.0.1 netmask f0000000 broadcast 239.255.255.255
ether 8:0:20:f6:56:39
# ping 237.0.0.1 <<<<<<<<<PING IT
^C# arp -a <<<<<<<<<<<<<<VERIFY IT GOES OUT QFE1
Net to Media Table
Device IP Address Mask Flags Phys Addr
------ -------------------- --------------- ----- ---------------
hme0 10.35.11.126 255.255.255.255 00:03:47:08:f0:ae
hme0 10.35.11.36 255.255.255.255 00:60:cf:48:e8:a0
hme0 10.35.11.37 255.255.255.255 00:60:cf:48:dd:a0
hme0 10.35.11.42 255.255.255.255 00:02:a5:60:bc:a4
hme0 xxxxxx01 255.255.255.255 00:02:a5:5c:c3:13
hme0 xxxxxx02-oob 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f7:df:c6
hme0 10.35.11.31 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:fc:ef:f0
qfe0 10.35.14.103 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:f1:8e:8c
qfe0 10.35.14.102 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:eb:c6:a0
hme0 10.35.11.107 255.255.255.255 00:08:02:24:4b:e2
qfe0 10.35.14.119 255.255.255.255 00:50:8b:fc:99:94
qfe0 xxxxxx01 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f6:56:38
qfe0 10.35.14.126 255.255.255.255 00:e0:b6:03:9b:1a
qfe3 10.35.13.165 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f6:56:3b
qfe3 10.35.13.166 255.255.255.255 00:02:a5:2c:7f:66
qfe1 237.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 SP 08:00:20:f6:56:39 <<<<<AND THERE IT IS,
WORKS!
qfe1 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
qfe0 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
qfe3 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
hme0 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 SM 01:00:5e:00:00:00
#

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