Device 

List of devices and associated base IP addresses. This attribute must be specified separately for each system in the SystemList. You must specify the devices in the list in the order of priority. The first device that the agent determines is "up" becomes the active device, to which the agent assigns a corresponding IP address. 

In the IP Conservation Mode (ICM), if all the NICs configured in the Device attribute are down, the MultiNICA agent faults the resource after a 2-3 minute interval. This delay occurs because the MultiNICA agent tests the failed NIC several times before marking the resource offline. Messages recorded in the engine log during failover provide a detailed description of the events that take place during failover, find the engine log in /var/VRTSvcs/log/engine_A.log. 

Type and dimension: string-association 

Example: 

Example: 

Device@vcslinux1={eth1 = 10.212.100.178, eth2 = 10.212.102.178} 

Device@vcslinux1={"eth1 = 10.212.100.178", eth2 = "10.212.102.178"} 

Device@vcslinux2 ={eth2 = 10.212.100.179, eth3 = 10.212.102.179} 

Device@vcslinux2 ={eth2 = "10.212.100.179",  eth3 = "10.212.102.179"} 

NetMask 

Netmask associated with the base IP address. The value must be specified in decimal (base 10). 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Failback 

In the Performance Mode (PM), this attribute determines if the active NIC should be changed to a preferred NIC, even though the current NIC is healthy. If operating in the ICM mode, change the value to 0. 

Type and dimension: boolean-scalar 

Default: 1 

Default: "1" 

NetworkHosts 

List of hosts on the network that receive pings to determine the state of the NICs. Specify the IP address of the host, not the host name. Include hosts that can be reached by all the NICs in the Device list. If more than one network host is listed, monitor returns online if the ping test is successful with at least one of the hosts.  

Type and dimension: string-vector 

Options 

The ifconfig options involved while assigning the base IP address to the active device. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: broadcast 10.212.100.255 

Example: "broadcast 10.212.100.255" 

PingOptimize 

Determines whether or not a broadcast ping is sent prior to checking network statistics, which are used to determine the state of the NIC (if MII is not supported and the ping to NetworkHosts does not confirm the NIC is up.) A value of 1 indicates a broadcast ping does not occur, a value of 0 indicates a broadcast ping occurs. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 1 

Default: "1" 

RouteOptions 

Assignment of a base IP address to a device is followed by a route add command with the options specified for this attribute. RouteOptions are applicable only when configuring the local host as the default gateway. No routes are added if this string is set to NULL.  

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: default 166.98.16.103 

Example: "default 166.98.16.103"