On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 09:41 -0800, Ray Charles wrote: > I am wondering if this is normal due to the use of > multicast in openais. > > My network consists of 2 trunked layer2 switches and 2 > nodes(aka 2 node cluster) each with 2 nics that are > configured as a bonded interface,mode 1. > > I have link lites on the switch ports i use. They stay > lit until i start cman up. Then all the ports blink > madly. It doesn't seem to impact the traffic, but i am > wondering if all the chatter is necessary? That's normal. The cluster uses frequent multicast packets for communication. If it stops and goes solid while CMAN's running ... then you have a problem :) -- Lon -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster