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4.3 Scenario 2: SEA Failover<br />

This scenario will show you how to modify an existing SEA to use SEA Failover<br />

and how to create a sec<strong>on</strong>d SEA in failover mode <strong>on</strong> VIO_Server2, which is<br />

going to be a backup path in case the primary SEA <strong>on</strong> VIO_Server1 is not<br />

available. This is a feature that came first with Virtual I/O Server V1.2.<br />

The highly-available Shared Ethernet Adapter setup is achieved by creating an<br />

additi<strong>on</strong>al virtual Ethernet adapter <strong>on</strong> each Virtual I/O Server, defining it as the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>trol channel for each SEA, and modifying two attributes <strong>on</strong> each Shared<br />

Ethernet Adapter. The c<strong>on</strong>trol channel is used to carry heartbeat packets<br />

between the two VIO servers. A feature that was introduced in Virtual I/O Server<br />

V1.2 when creating virtual Ethernet adapter is the Access External Networks<br />

check box selecti<strong>on</strong>. This is where you would specify the primary and backup<br />

adapter by giving them different priority numbers.<br />

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