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MultiNICA notes

• If all NICs configured in the Device attribute are down, the MultiNICA agent faults the resource after a two to three minute interval. This delay occurs because the MultiNICA agent tests the failed NIC several times before marking the resource offline. Messages recorded in the log during failover provide a detailed description of the events that take place.
• The MultiNICA agent supports only one active NIC on one IP subnet; the agent does not work with multiple active NICs on the same subnet.

  On HP-UX for example, you have one active NIC, lan0(10.128.2.5), and you configure a second NIC, lan1, as the backup NIC to lan0. The agent does not fail over from lan0 to lan1 because all ping tests are redirected through lan0 on the same subnet, making the MultiNICA monitor return an online status. Note that using ping -i does not enable the use of multiple active NICs.

• Before you start VCS, configure the primary NIC with the correct broadcast address and netmask.