Hi,
I need to understand the concept of floating IP and how can I get it working on my system. I am using Itanium boxes.
I am naive so please help me from the very basics.
A quick Google on "HP-UX" "Floating IP" came across this document, amongst many. No endorsement or warranty implied but it does seem to explain the subject quite well. DYOR.
http://mayoxide.com/presentations/Understanding_hpux_routing.pdf
In most cases it either :
Load balancing address e.g
192.168.0.15 - LB address (redirection of network traffic to >)
192.168.0.14 WEB/APP node 1
192.168.0.13 WEB/APP node 2
That way, the 192.168.0.15 is the address for both APP 1 and APP 2
Depending on the avalibility of node, of course.
Other case would be cluster address, which is a address on virtual interface which transfers to other node with other configuration (disks, service etc.)
Hope that clears things out
Regards
Peasant.