Add Network

Use the Add Network task to add a network definition to a cluster configuration.

Networks in provide a way to logically group network interface cards, and a way to restrict placement of service addresses and persistent addresses. For example, networks can be used to make sure an application only uses adapters "A", "B", and "C", and not use adapters "X", "Y", and "Z".

Fields

Name:
Provide a unique name for the network on which the interface's IP labels/addresses will be bound.

Enter the value as 1-32 alphanumeric characters (letters [A-Z, a-z]), numbers [0-9] and underscores) in length. A name cannot begin with a number and a PowerHA™ reserved word cannot be a valid name.

Network Type:
Select either Ethernet or Infiniband.
Netmask (IPv4)/Prefix Length (IPv6):
Choose the netmask (configures a IPv4 network) or prefix length (configures an IPv6 network) for the network.

Provide a netmask value as "X.X.X.X", where X is a number ranging from 0-255, or provide a prefix length value as numbers ranging from 1-128.

Network attributes
Displays the attribute for the selected network. You can edit this field.
Public
Default setting.
Private
ORACLE uses the Private setting to select networks for Oracle internode communications. This attribute is not used by HACMP™ and does not affect HACMP.