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Networking considerations

In this chapter, we describe several new network options available within PowerHA. Some of these new features include the service IP distribution policy and the automatic creation of the clhosts file.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•Multicast considerations

•Distribution preference for service IP aliases

•Changing heartbeat settings

•Site-specific service IP labels

•Understanding the netmon.cf file

•Understanding the clhosts file

12.1 Multicast considerations

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