Creating a second-level vif in a cluster

Assumptions made in this procedure

The following procedure assumes that you want to create two second-level vifs, secondlev1 and secondlev2, on clustered filers, Filer 1 and Filer 2. Filer 1 and Filer 2 are configured as shown in the following table.

Filer	Multi-mode vifs	Interfaces
Filer 1	vif_name1	if1 if2
Filer 1	vif_name2	if3 if4
Filer 2	vif_name3	if5 if6
Filer 2	vif_name4	if7 if8

Creating a second-level vif in a cluster

To create a second-level vif in a cluster, complete the following steps.

Note
The operation performed using the vif create command is not persistent across reboots unless the command is added to the /etc/rc file.


vif create multi -b {rr|mac|ip} vif_name1 if1 if2
vif create single secondlev1 vif_name1 vif_name2
vif create multi -b {rr|mac|ip} vif_name3 if5 if6
vif create single secondlev2 vif_name3 vif_name4
ifconfig secondlev1 partner secondlev2
ifconfig secondlev2 partner secondlev1

Step	Action
1	Enter the following commands on Filer 1 to create two multi-mode vifs: vif create multi -b {rr\|mac\|ip} vif_name1 if1 if2 vif create multi -b {rr\|mac\|ip} vif_name2 if3 if4 `-b` specifies the type of load-balancing method. `rr`--Round robin `mac`--MAC-address based `ip`--IP-address based (default) Note You must ensure that all interfaces to be included in the vif are configured to be down. You can use the `ifconfig` command to configure an interface.
2	Enter the following command on Filer 1 to create a second-level interface from the multi-mode vifs: vif create single secondlev1 vif_name1 vif_name2
3	Enter the following commands on Filer 2 to create two multi-mode vifs: vif create multi -b {rr\|mac\|ip} vif_name3 if5 if6 vif create multi -b {rr\|mac\|ip} vif_name4 if7 if8
4	Enter the following command on Filer 2 to create a second-level interface from the multi-mode vifs: vif create single secondlev2 vif_name3 vif_name4
5	Enter the following command on Filer 1 to configure the second-level vifs for takeover: ifconfig secondlev1 partner secondlev2 Note In this command, secondlev1 and secondlev2 (arguments to the partner option) should be the interface names and not the interface IP addresses.
6	Enter the following command on Filer 2 to configure the second-level vifs for takeover: ifconfig secondlev2 partner secondlev1 Note In this command, secondlev1 and secondlev2 (arguments to the partner option) should be the interface names and not the interface IP addresses.

Example of creating a second-level vif in a cluster

The following commands create the second-level vif in the cluster shown in Normal cluster operation with second-level vifs. In this example, IP-based load balancing is used for the multi-mode vifs.

On Filer 1:

vif create multi Firstlev1 e1 e2

vif create multi Firstlev2 e3 e4

vif create single Secondlev1 Firstlev1 Firstlev2

On Filer 2:

vif create multi Firstlev3 e5 e6

vif create multi Firstlev4 e7 e8

vif create single Secondlev2 Firstlev3 Firstlev4

On Filer 1:

ifconfig Secondlev1 partner Secondlev2

On Filer 2:

ifconfig Secondlev2 partner Secondlev1