92 Power Systems Enterprise Servers with PowerVM Virtualization and RAS
CAA communication
Communication between nodes within the cluster is achieved using multicasting over the
IP-based network and also using storage interface communication through FC and
serial-attached SCSI (SAS) adapters.
CAA monitoring (nodes, networks, and storage):
– All monitors are implemented at low levels of the AIX kernel and are largely insensitive
to system load.
– All communication interfaces are monitored: network and storage.
CAA device-naming services:
– When a cluster is defined or modified, AIX interfaces automatically create a consistent
shared device view.
– When managed by Cluster Aware AIX, device files that are associated with the disks
shared across ...