The IPMultiNICB agent works with the MultiNICB agent. The agent configures and manages virtual IP addresses (IP aliases) on an active network device that the MultiNICB resource specifies. When the MultiNICB agent reports a particular interface as failed, the IPMultiNICB agent moves the virtual IP address to the next active interface. You can use this agent for IP addresses on multiple-adapter systems.

If multiple service groups have IPMultiNICB resources associated with the same MultiNICB resource, only one group should have a MultiNICB resource. The other groups should have a proxy resource pointing to the MultiNICB resource.

For the MultiNICB and IPMultiNICB agents, VCS supports Oracle trunking.

The ContainerName and ContainerType attributes are deprecated.

This agent is zone-aware. The ContainerOpts resource type attribute for this type has a default value of 0 for RunInContainer and a default value of 1 for PassCInfo. Veritas recommends that you do not change these values.

Refer to the Veritas InfoScale Virtualization Guide.

The value of the MonitorInterval attribute for the MultiNICB type must be less than its value for the IPMultiNICB type. The IPMultiNICB agent relies on the MultiNICB agent to accurately report the state of the NICs. If the value of the MonitorInterval of the IPMultiNICB agent is less than the interval for the MultiNICB agent, then in some monitor cycles the potential exists for the MultiNICB agent to provide the IPMultiNICB agent stale information.

The default value for the MonitorInterval attribute for IPMultiNICB is 30 seconds, and the minimum and default value for MultiNICB is 10 seconds.