How to create static route?

[Gr-R]

try this
http://www.fishbowlnetwork.com/multiple_IP.pdf

[Crescendas]

I tried the instruction given in the pdf file, but I am only manage to configure 4 static routes:

1. 192.168.102.21/255.255.255.255 on eth0
2. 192.168.102.22/255.255.255.255 on eth1
3. 192.168.102.31/255.255.255.255 on eth2
4. 192.168.102.32/255.255.255.255 on eth3

I am not able to configure 192.168.102.0/255.255.255.0 for all the ethX nor the loopback 127.0.0.0. Please advise.

FYI, my DSS has 4 NICs with the following IPs:

1. 192.168.102.10
2. 192.168.102.11
3. 192.168.102.12
4. 192.168.102.13

I have configure 2 NICs on each ESXi with the following IPs:

ESXi1:
1. 192.168.102.21
2. 192.168.102.22

ESXi2:
1. 192.168.102.31
2. 192.168.102.31

btw, won't static route disabled MPIO round robin since it won't be able to use alternative routes if the fixed static route path is broken???

[Crescendas]

In the multiple_IP.pdf, it suggest that we create the following static route:

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
10.10.10.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
10.10.10.6 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
10.10.10.7 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth2
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

However, Open-E DSS prompts: Error, Following route is invalid....

Thus, I only manage to setup the first 4:
10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
10.10.10.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
10.10.10.6 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
10.10.10.7 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth2

[Al-S]

You can find Videos and more PDF's in the following links:

http://www.open-e.com/library/webcasts-and-videos/
And
http://www.open-e.com/library/how-to-resources/

And you can find step by step for how to setup a failover, a MPIO , and to use Open-E with ESX.

[Crescendas]

After setting up static route, DSS is no longer able to access internet for updates.
When I attempt to add gateway as instructed by multiple_ip.pdf, DSS said it's invalid.