configuring IPMP with several zones

I am trying to configure IPMP with 2 zones on Solaris 10 but it seems that an interface has failed.

ce1: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER,Fail ed> mtu 1500 index 3

inet 10.177.6.91 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.177.6.255

groupname zone1

ether 0:14:4f:24:87:c1

ce1:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3

zone v08k39-zone1

inet 10.177.6.90 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.177.6.255

ce5: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 6

inet 10.177.6.92 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.177.6.255

groupname zone1

ether 0:14:4f:24:87:c5

root@sys # cat hostname.ce1

sys-zone1-test1 deprecated -failover netmask + broadcast + group zone1 up

root@sys # cat hostname.ce5

sys-zone1-test2 deprecated -failover netmask + broadcast + group zone1 up

Is the IPMP configuration correct or can i do away with link checking...

TIA

[1047 byte] By [gordianys] at [2007-11-26 6:40:00]
# 1

Here is a sample configuration using link based failure detection (nyc1dev01 is the hostname). The configuration below is an active/standby based configuration, it is also possible to make it an active/passive configuration by removing the standby flag. Note link based failure detection is available in Solaris 10.

/etc/hostname.ce0:

nyc1dev01 group prod up

/etc/hostname.bge0:

group prod standby up

willgmac at 2007-7-6 14:52:29 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 2

the zones is not related - it's just the ipmp configure.

the ipmp settings are same on solaris 9 or 10, the 10 include all the software. decide which method for failure detection - i am using two additional IP for test IP and works fine both on 9 and 10 and sparc and x86.

when configure zone, just select any nic for the zone and it will work fine.

eg, after setup ipmp, if u configure ce2 for for zone1, when ce2 failed, the device ce2 in zone1 will automatically changed to ce1. u can see the additional virtual name created when one nic fail.

just make correct settings in /etc/hostname.xxx

yjfan at 2007-7-6 14:52:29 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 3
if u not use Sun hardware, u better not use link based unless u nic support it
yjfan at 2007-7-6 14:52:29 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...