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Routing in a cluster

September 21, 2020
Contributed by: 
S C

Routing in a cluster works in much the same way as routing in a standalone system. A few points to note:

  • All routing configurations must be performed from the cluster IP address and the configurations are propagated to the other cluster nodes.

  • Routing runs only on spotted SNIP addresses and NSIP addresses.

  • Routes are limited to the maximum number of ECMP routes supported by the upstream router.

  • Node-specific routing configurations must be performed by using the owner-node argument as follows:

     !
 interface vlan97
 !
 router ospf
  owner-node 0
   ospf router-id 97.131.0.1
  exit-owner-node
  owner-node 1
   ospf router-id 97.131.0.2
  exit-owner-node
  owner-node 2
   ospf router-id 97.131.0.3
  exit-owner-node
  redistribute kernel
  network 97.0.0.0/8 area 0
 !

  • Retrieve node-specific routing configurations by specifying the node(s) in the owner-node argument as follows:

     > vtysh
 ns# owner-node 0 1
 ns(node-0 1)# show cluster state
 ns(node-0 1)# exit-owner-node

  • Clear node-specific routing configurations by specifying the node(s) in the owner-node argument as follows:

     > vtysh
 ns# owner-node 0 1
 ns(node-0 1)# clear config
 ns(node-0 1)# exit-owner-node

  • Routing protocol daemons can run and adjacencies can be formed on active and inactive nodes of a cluster.

  • Only active nodes advertise host routes to striped VIP addresses. Spotted VIP addresses are advertised by active owner node.

  • Active and inactive nodes can learn dynamic routes and install them into the routing table.

  • Routes learnt on a node are propagated to other nodes in the cluster only if route propagation is configured. This is mostly needed in asymmetric topologies where the unconnected nodes may not be able to form adjacencies.

     ns(config)# ns route-install propagate

    Note*

    Make sure that route propagation is not configured in a symmetric cluster topology as it can result in making the node unavailable to the cluster.

Routing in a cluster

September 21, 2020
Contributed by: 
S C
September 21, 2020
Contributed by: 
S C

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