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Configuring LIFs

You must identify the LIFs that will be used for establishing a data connection between the data and tape resources, and for control connection between the admin SVM and the backup application. After identifying the LIFs, you must verify that firewall and failover policies are set for the LIFs, and specify the preferred interface role.

  1. Identify the intercluster, cluster-management, and node-management LIFs by using the network interface show command with the -role parameter.

    Example

    The following command displays the intercluster LIFs:
    cluster1::> network interface show -role intercluster

    Logical Status Network Current Current Is
    Vserver Interface Admin/Oper Address/Mask Node Port Home
    ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
    cluster1 IC1 up/up 192.0.2.65/24 cluster1-1 e0a true
    cluster1 IC2 up/up 192.0.2.68/24 cluster1-2 e0b true
    The following command displays the cluster-management LIF:
    cluster1::> network interface show -role cluster-mgmt

    Logical Status Network Current Current Is
    Vserver Interface Admin/Oper Address/Mask Node Port Home
    ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
    cluster1 cluster_mgmt up/up 192.0.2.60/24 cluster1-2 e0M true
    The following command displays the node-management LIFs:
    cluster1::> network interface show -role node-mgmt

    Logical Status Network Current Current Is
    Vserver Interface Admin/Oper Address/Mask Node Port Home
    ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------ ------ ------
    cluster1 cluster1-1_mgmt1 up/up 192.0.2.69/24 cluster1-1 e0M true
    cluster1-2_mgmt1 up/up 192.0.2.70/24 cluster1-2 e0M true
  2. Ensure that the firewall policy is enabled for NDMP on the intercluster, cluster-management (cluster-mgmt), and node-management (node-mgmt) LIFs:
    1. Verify that the firewall policy is enabled for NDMP by using the system services firewall policy show command.

      Example

      The following command displays the firewall policy for the cluster-management LIF:

      cluster1::> system services firewall policy show -policy cluster

      Vserver Policy Service Allowed
      ------- ------------ ---------- -----------------
      cluster cluster dns 0.0.0.0/0
      http 0.0.0.0/0
      https 0.0.0.0/0
      ndmp 0.0.0.0/0
      ndmps 0.0.0.0/0
      ntp 0.0.0.0/0
      rsh 0.0.0.0/0
      snmp 0.0.0.0/0
      ssh 0.0.0.0/0
      telnet 0.0.0.0/0
      10 entries were displayed.

      The following command displays the firewall policy for the intercluster LIF:

      cluster1::> system services firewall policy show -policy intercluster

      Vserver Policy Service Allowed
      ------- ------------ ---------- -------------------
      cluster1 intercluster dns -
      http -
      https -
      ndmp 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      ndmps -
      ntp -
      rsh -
      ssh -
      telnet -
      9 entries were displayed.

      The following command displays the firewall policy for the node-management LIF:

      cluster1::> system services firewall policy show -policy mgmt

      Vserver Policy Service Allowed
      ------- ------------ ---------- -------------------
      cluster1-1 mgmt dns 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      http 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      https 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      ndmp 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      ndmps 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      ntp 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      rsh -
      snmp 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      ssh 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0
      telnet -
      10 entries were displayed.
    2. If the firewall policy is not enabled, enable the firewall policy by using the system services firewall policy modify command with the -service parameter.

      Example

      The following command enables firewall policy for the intercluster LIF:
      cluster1::> system services firewall policy modify
      -vserver cluster1 -policy intercluster -service ndmp 0.0.0.0/0

  3. Ensure that the failover policy is set appropriately for all the LIFs:
    1. Verify that the failover policy for the cluster-management LIF is set to broadcast-domain-wide , and the policy for the intercluster and node-management LIFs is set to local-only by using the network interface show -failover command.

      Example

      The following command displays the failover policy for the cluster-management, intercluster, and node-management LIFs:
      cluster1::> network interface show -failover

      Logical Home Failover Failover
      Vserver Interface Node:Port Policy Group
      ---------- ----------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------
      cluster cluster1_clus1 cluster1-1:e0a local-only cluster
      Failover Targets:
      .......

      cluster1 cluster_mgmt cluster1-1:e0m broadcast-domain-wide Default
      Failover Targets:
      .......
      IC1 cluster1-1:e0a local-only Default
      Failover Targets:
      IC2 cluster1-1:e0b local-only Default
      Failover Targets:
      .......
      cluster1-1 cluster1-1_mgmt1 cluster1-1:e0m local-only Default
      Failover Targets:
      ......
      cluster1-2 cluster1-2_mgmt1 cluster1-2:e0m local-only Default
      Failover Targets:
      ......
    2. If the failover policies are not set appropriately, modify the failover policy by using the network interface modify command with the -failover-policy parameter.

      Example

      cluster1::> network interface modify -vserver cluster1 -lif IC1 -failover-policy local-only

  4. Specify the LIFs that are required for data connection by using the vserver services ndmp modify command with the preferred-interface-role parameter.

    Example

    cluster1::> vserver services ndmp modify -vserver cluster1 
    -preferred-interface-role intercluster,cluster-mgmt,node-mgmt
  5. Verify that the preferred interface role is set for the cluster by using the vserver services ndmp show command.

    Example

    cluster1::> vserver services ndmp show -vserver cluster1

    Vserver: cluster1
    NDMP Version: 4
    .......
    .......
    Preferred Interface Role: intercluster, cluster-mgmt, node-mgmt