I'm not even sure it will work. The private network is supposed to be for node-node communication. A lot of two node racs use a crossover cable for that connection, just to make sure nothing else will interfere. If this is truly a high visibility, mission critical database, this is simply a poor design. On Jan 11, 2008 8:46 AM, Michael McMullen <ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree it will work, but isn't the private and public supposed to be > physically separate, not logically? > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Matthew Zito [mailto:mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* January 10, 2008 5:08 PM > *To:* ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: rac network question > > > > Actually, just so's we're all clear, with the VLAN support that the > gentleman described originally, the interfaces will appear separate – > eth0.1 and eth0.2 (note: different than eth0:1 and eth0:2). The traffic > will be shared, but as long as the bonding works as it should, it just means > that if a card is lost, both the interconnect and the VIP will fail over to > the other link. IMHO, while this is suboptimal, it should work fine. > > > > Matt > > > ------------------------------ > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'