NetworkInfrastructure

OACISS naming / DNS

The majority of OACISS hardware has two network connections: One which is publicly routable, and one that provides access to the storage/NFS network.

Public connections are currently 1Gbps (this is likely to change in the relatively near future). The storage network is mixed 10Gbps/1Gbps. The majority of nodes currently have 10Gbps access.

The public interface of a machine is associated with its public DNS record under the nic.uoregon.edu domain (e.g. delphi.nic.uoregon.edu, or just delphi from within UO).

If a racked OACISS node is connected to the storage network, this interface will have a private name.stor DNS record (e.g. delphi.stor). If the node has IPMI/LOM/iDRAC/ILO/BMC available, this will be reached under name-ipmi.stor (e.g. centaur-ipmi.stor). These records resolve only from within the UO NIC subnet.

Hardware

The NIC switching infrastructure has a total of five switches currently.

A total of three are utilized for the private network (red):

• Dell PowerConnect 8024 is a 24 port 10Gbps switch
  • Web monitor interface at 172.17.202.249
• The Cisco Catalyst 2960s is a 24 port 1Gb switch with two 10Gbps SFP+ trunk ports
  • Console connection available on Mecha at ttyS0
  • 10Gbps optical trunk port to Powerconnect
    • If connection fails, cisco side may "lose" transmit power; this can be restored by turning the sfp port off and back on
  • Backup 1Gbe wire connection to Cisco port 17 [deactivated by STP]
• The R35 private network switch is present to allow IPMI ports on R35 hosts to use shorter cables

Two switches are used for the public-facing (128.223.202.0/25) network.

• The R34 switch has the actual WAN link
• The R35 switch has one 1Gbps link to the R34 switch

The R34 switch is a ProCurve 3500yl. It has 10Gbps trunk capability but not in RJ45 format.

New HP A5500 switch is coming which has 10Gbit SFP+ ports as is an SFP+ RJ45 transceiver. From this we will connect to the 10G WAN link, and to the R35 public switch at 10G as well.