[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH docs v2] cluster: document multiple clusters in same network

[Wolfgang Bumiller]

applied

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 09:31:27AM +0100, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht at proxmox.com>
> ---
> 
> changes v1 -> v2:
> * incorporate Fabian's comments (thanks!)
> 
>  pvecm.adoc | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pvecm.adoc b/pvecm.adoc
> index 36d18c2..ca53e3c 100644
> --- a/pvecm.adoc
> +++ b/pvecm.adoc
> @@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ To check the state of your cluster use:
>  
>   hp1# pvecm status
>  
> +Multiple Clusters In Same Network
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +It is possible to create multiple clusters in the same physical or logical
> +network. Each cluster must have a unique name, which is used to generate the
> +cluster's multicast group address. As long as no duplicate cluster names are
> +configured in one network segment, the different clusters won't interfere with
> +each other.
> +
> +If multiple clusters operate in a single network it may be beneficial to setup
> +an IGMP querier and enable IGMP Snooping in said network. This may reduce the
> +load of the network significantly because multicast packets are only delivered
> +to endpoints of the respective member nodes.
> +
>  
>  Adding Nodes to the Cluster
>  ---------------------------
> -- 
> 2.11.0