Problem creating a cluster with multiple NIC

BobJSmith

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Jan 29, 2024
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Hello everyone,

I have two identical servers with a 1G NIC as the admin interface and a 10G NIC each.
Node1: 1G NIC on 10.1.2.100/16 and 10G NIC on 10.11.1.1/24
Node2: 1G NIC on 10.1.2.101/16 and 10G NIC on 10.11.1.2/24

I would like to use the 10G NIC for cluster traffic (migration and backup) and keep everything else on the 1G NIC.

When I issue the PVECM CREATE command, or use the GUI to create the cluster on the first node, it always uses 10.1.2.100 (1G NIC). I tried to edit /etc/corosync/corosync.conf to 10.11.1.1 instead and rebooted.

After the reboot, the newly created /etc/pve/.members and /etc/pve/corosync.conf both referred to 10.1.2.100. I changed /etc/pve/corosync.conf to 10.11.1.1 and rebooted. /etc/pve/.members still indicated 10.1.2.100. I read that the .members file should not be modified manually.

The only other traces of 10.1.2.100 left are in:
/etc/network/interfaces (of course)
/etc/pve/known_hosts
/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts

If I click on the JOIN INFORMATION in the GUI, the address of the master node is still 10.1.2.100.

pvecm status indicates is OK (10.11.1.1)
systemctl status corosync os OK too (10.11.1.1)

I have tested the 10G connections with iperf and they are working.

How can I create the cluster and bind it to the 10G NIC?

Thanks!

Robert
 

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