Starwind Vs Dell R620 private Ethernet
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:54 am
Hi
On the last CAU reboot, my cluster nodes gained an "ethernet" interface - it is an NDIS device put in place (by Dell management software) to allow communication with the DRAC unit from the host without having to use a real interface.
Starwind appears to recognise two interfaces on that 'network' 169.254.0.2, 169.254.1.13 on both cluster nodes.
Coincidentally(?) the Starwind cluster service either didn't start or failed - however a manual start worked with no problems.
My questions are as follows:
1. What does Starwind do with these interfaces? does it try to use them?
2. If the new NDIS interfaces interfere with Starwind (or the other way around) how do I stop Starwind from attempting to use them? (Powershell only guys - the school can't spring for a Full License!)
Regards
Ben
On the last CAU reboot, my cluster nodes gained an "ethernet" interface - it is an NDIS device put in place (by Dell management software) to allow communication with the DRAC unit from the host without having to use a real interface.
Starwind appears to recognise two interfaces on that 'network' 169.254.0.2, 169.254.1.13 on both cluster nodes.
Coincidentally(?) the Starwind cluster service either didn't start or failed - however a manual start worked with no problems.
My questions are as follows:
1. What does Starwind do with these interfaces? does it try to use them?
2. If the new NDIS interfaces interfere with Starwind (or the other way around) how do I stop Starwind from attempting to use them? (Powershell only guys - the school can't spring for a Full License!)
Regards
Ben