Networking considerations

Effects of a disabled routed daemon

Enabling the MultiStore license causes Data ONTAP to disable the routed daemon.

For more information about the route command, see the na_route(1) man page.

Command for changing the routing table in the default IPspace

Because vFiler units in the same IPspace share one routing table, you can manipulate the routing table by entering the route command from the hosting storage system. The route command has the following syntax:

route [-fn] add|delete [ host|net ] destination [ gateway metric ]

You can include the command in the storage system /etc/rc file. In this way, the routes are added automatically after each storage system reboot.

Command for changing routing tables in nondefault IPspaces

For more information about manipulating routing tables in nondefault IPspaces, see Chapter 3, Using vFiler Units in Different IPspaces.

About the /etc/dgateways file

Only the hosting storage system has the /etc/dgateways file. vFiler units do not maintain their own /etc/dgateways file.

IPSec on a vFiler unit

You can configure a vFiler unit as an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) endpoint.

You can configure each vFiler unit separately with unique security configuration. When you migrate the vFiler unit from one hosting storage system to another (or replicate it for disaster-recovery purposes), the IPSec configuration is preserved so long as the vFiler unit's IP address does not change.

For more information, see the Network Administration Guide and the na_ipsec man page.