[f-nsp] ip (ve) limit on serveriron 4g

Mischa Peters foundry at high5.nl
Tue Nov 18 06:55:06 EST 2008


That is correct. The FES has a default of 255 VEs and can be increased  
to 512 VEs.

Mischa

> Additional IPs do not get populated to the BPs and they can not be  
> used for load balancing if I remember correctly.
>
> FastIrons are a different product with different limits.
>
> R, Oliver
>
>
> At 01:16 15.11.2008, Stephan van Hienen wrote:
>> What is exatly happening when i create a new vlan with ve/ip ?
>>
>> SSH at foundry02(config)#vlan 210 name testvlan by port
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vlan-210)# tagged ethe 3 to 4
>> added tagged port ethe 3 to 4 to port-vlan 210.
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vlan-210)# router-interface ve 61
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vlan-210)#interface ve 61
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61)# port-name "* VLAN210 gateway *"
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61)# ip address 192.168.134.1  
>> 255.255.255.248
>> Error! Maximum number of IP reached 64
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61)# ip vrrp vrid 61
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61-vrid-61)#  owner
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61-vrid-61)#  ip-address 192.168.134.1
>> SSH at foundry02(config-vif-61-vrid-61)#  activate
>> VRRP router 61 for this interface is activating
>>
>> I receive the error Maximum number of IP reached 64, but It looks  
>> like the vlan/ve are still activated ?
>> (and I can ping the ip 192.168.134.1 from a remote device)
>>
>> But still looks like I have to search for a new device (extra maybe)
>> I can keep the servers which need loadbalancing on the serveriron.
>>
>> So what about the fastiron (FES12GCF)  same limitation ?
>>
>> Thnx,
>>
>> Stephan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Mischa Peters wrote:
>>
>>> This is a limit on all the ServerIron platforms.
>>>
>>> Mischa
>>>
>>>
>>>> Interesting.  Is this limit the same on all ServerIrons in the  
>>>> product
>>>> line? or just the 4g?
>>>> -Ryan
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>>> [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Oliver  
>>>> Adam
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 6:22 AM
>>>> To: Mischa Peters; Stephan van Hienen
>>>> Cc: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [f-nsp] ip (ve) limit on serveriron 4g
>>>> Mischa is correct - you can define up to 64 IPs which is a hard
>>>> limit. I am sorry for that.
>>>> R, Oliver
>>>> At 21:21 13.11.2008, Mischa Peters wrote:
>>>> > Hi Stephan,
>>>> > > The amount of virtual interfaces is also (unfortunately)  
>>>> limited by
>>>> > the 64 IP limit.
>>>> > This is a combined limit for both source-ips and VEs.
>>>> > > Mischa
>>>> > > > Hmms didn't think I would hit the serveriron's limit that  
>>>> soon... :(
>>>> > > But how is this related to the maximum ammount of virtual- 
>>>> interface
>>>> > > then ? (which can be 512)
>>>> > > > > So no other options than just buying another pair of  
>>>> foundry's ?
>>>> > > (not sure if I need to buy serverirons, since i would be able  
>>>> to
>>>> > > move ve's which don't use loadbalancing)
>>>> > > > > Thnx,
>>>> > > > > Stephan
>>>> > > > > > > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Mischa Peters wrote:
>>>> > > > > > You can not change that limit, that is a hard limit on  
>>>> the BPs of
>>>> > > > the ServerIron.
>>>> > > > > > > Mischa
>>>> > > > > > > > When I tried to create another vlan with ve I got  
>>>> the following
>>>> > > > > message :
>>>> > > > > Error! Maximum number of IP reached 64
>>>> > > > > In the past I also had a maximum vlan, which I could fix  
>>>> by using
>>>> > > > > system-max vlan.
>>>> > > > > But I can't find anything about this ip limit in the  
>>>> documentation/
>>>> specs.
>>>> > > > > Any hints how to fix this ?
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