Originally posted by: unprophete

Dual VIOS.
SEA failover configured with netaddr to ping specified.

Do I need to configure an IP on both SEAs (both VIOSes) to get ping check functionning properly?

I need to keep IPs from my small prod subnet for clinet LPARs only. I don't need the production network configured on each VIOS but what about the "netaddr" to ping? The manual ping to the "netaddr" configured into SEAs is of course working through another (admin) interface on each VIOS but is it how it can/should be done with SEA failover and specified netaddr? Is ping test reliable in my case? Will admin network down on primary VIOS cause SEA failover even if the prod network was not affected on client LPARs?
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Originally posted by: unprophete

Additional info - I've done following test:

On primary VIOS:
entX - adapter with admin interface enX configured on it
entY - SEA adapter (primary in failover configuration)

1. On this primary VIOS, I've checked:

ping to the prod netaddr IP 10.20.200.252 was working fine (through admin interface configured on enX).

$ entstat -all entY | grep Active
Priority: 1 Active: True
$ lsdev -dev entY -attr | grep netaddr
netaddr 10.20.200.252 Address to ping True
2. ifconfig down enX

ping to netaddr no loger works but the SEA is still active on this VIOS

$ entstat -all entY | grep Active
Priority: 1 Active: True

How it is possible that SEA failover doesn't occur if the ping stopped to work on primary VIOS?
Or maybe it makes sense to configure netaddr IP on SEA only in case IP is configured on SEA's enY interface?
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