The Mode of Cluster Control Protocol (CCP) in VSX cluster

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Solution ID	sk36644
Technical Level
Product	VSX
Version	R76 (EOL), R76SP (EOL), R76SP.10 (EOL), R76SP.10_VSLS (EOL), R76SP.20 (EOL), R76SP.30 (EOL), R76SP.40 (EOL), R76SP.50 (EOL), R77 (EOL), R77.10 (EOL), R77.20 (EOL), R77.30 (EOL), R80.10 (EOL)
OS	SecurePlatform 2.6, Crossbeam XOS, Gaia
Platform / Model	All
Date Created	23-Dec-2008
Last Modified	25-Oct-2018

Solution

Background

In VSX cluster:

VSX NGX / VSX NGX R65 / VSX NGX R67 / VSX NGX R68:
- The only possible mode of CCP is Broadcast.
R75.40VS / R76 and above:
- CCP mode over Sync Network is Broadcast for all Virtual Systems (the only possible mode).
- CCP default mode over non-Sync Networks is Multicast.
In VSLS configuration, when instances of Virtual Systems are not running on all cluster members (e.g., only 2 VSs were configured on a VSX cluster that has 4 cluster members), the Delta Sync packets generated by a Virtual System, are sent in Unicast only to those members that run the instance of the same Virtual System.
On 40000 / 60000 appliance (starting in R75.40VS for 61000), the 'asg_sync_manager' - option '8) Enable / Disable unicast sync' - enables the user to define its required synchronization level - the user can enable / disable Unicast sync (correction layer will be enabled / disabled accordingly) and return to legacy synchronization scheme (synchronize connections to all SGMs).

Note: The CCP mode is not set on Virtual Switches because they do not send CCP packets.

To change the CCP mode over non-Sync Networks on VSX R75.40VS / R76 and above, run the following command on each cluster member (see sk20576):

[Expert@HostName:0]# cphaconf set_ccp <broadcast | multicast>

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