Migrate to 10Gb interface

[The-generalist]

Hi, 

I'm about to move a Checkpoint 15k cluster from the current 1Gb interfaces to new 10Gb interfaces.

There are clans created on the 1Gb interfaces and I have to remove those and create the same vlan interfaces on the new 10Gb interfaces.

Have anyone done this before? 

What steps are included in this change?

[Maarten_Sjouw · Accepted solution]

Easiest is this way, there will be a minor glitch on failover nr 1:

• copy the interface lines from show configuration interface and adjust inthe following way:
  • on the old interface issuing delete interface eth1-03 vlan 25 will delete vlan 25 and all the config from it.
  • add the vlan's to the new interface by adjusting the old commands setting the correct interface
  • Copy and adjust the set interface ipv4-address commands
  • double check those commands make sure to also copy and adjust the set interface state on commands
• on standby member run cphastop to disable clustering
• paste the delete vlan commands
• paste the add vlan and set IP address commands
• now update the interfaces of the backup member in the cluster object, the member interfaces are set in the Advanced tab of the cluster interface configuration
• push policy
• run cphastart on the backup member
• flip the cluster over to the backup member ( this could give a dip in the connections
• now repeat the above steps for the other member

Good luck and be aware to plan this in a maintenance window, easier to tell everyone this will caus 15 minutes downtime and be done in 1 minute than the other way around.

[The-generalist]

That is awesome! 

A big thanks to you 🙂

[HeikoAnkenbrand · Accepted solution]

Or a quick and dirty hack:

1) Change the PCI bus ID's and the interfaces in the following file

/etc/udev/rules.d/00-OS-XX.rules

Now replace the 1 GB Interfaces with the 10 GB Interfaces.

2)  Reboot the appliance

Attention!
You make sure that the file is adjusted during the next update for example from R77.30 to R80.20.

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

Please note that performance tuning is necessary for a 10 GBit/s interface.

For example multi-queueing and other tuning options.

More see here:

R80.x Performance Tuning Tip – Multi Queue

Regards

Heiko

[The-generalist]

Thanks for your answer!

So you mean that after switching interfaces I need to tune GAIA for 10Gb?

We're currently on R77.30 but we're soon going to upgrade to R80.20.

[abihsot__]

Sorry for bringing up the old thread. First of all, how was the migration?

I wanted to clarify why would you expect a dip in connections? Is clusterXL should not handle such situation?

[carbonblack]

Is a very simple solution to edit the file:

/etc/udev/rules.d/00-OS-XX.rules