Nutanix IPV6 requirements
Nutanix software version 2.6 requires IPv6 Link Local a. to discover Nutanix nodes for configuring the nodes for the first time, b. discover during dynamic add node c. Reconfiguring IP address.Most switches support IPv6 neighbour discovery protocol by IPV6 link local address even if IPv6 is not enabled in the routers, so this blog explains the link local address and procedure to verify if it is enabled in the switch and verify it in the controller VM. Please note that all the controller VMs should be connected
same broadcast domain, so that IPV6 link local addresses are reachable.
Verify IPv6 connectivity from the Controller VM
nutanix@NTNX-Ctrl-VM-1-NTNX:172.16.8.84:~$ ifconfig eth0|grep inet6
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fef2:cb25/64
nutanix@NTNX-Ctrl-VM-2-NTNX:172.16.8.85:~$ ifconfig eth0|grep inet6
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61/64
nutanix@NTNX-Ctrl-VM-1-NTNX:172.16.8.84:~$ ping6 -I eth0 fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61
PING fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61(fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61) from fe80::20c:29ff:fef2:cb25 eth0: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=18.0 ms
64 bytes from fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.212 ms
64 bytes from fe80::20c:29ff:feb0:3e61: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.180 ms
Dynamic ADD NODE:
Make sure Rackable Unit Serial is different from Existing Nodes. Newer Factory
installed systems do have different Rackable unit Serial Number.
If you see less than the number of nodes that are ready to be added to existing cluster
, probably they are not connected to same switch.
From the existing clusters' CVM:
ncli cluster discover-nodes
Cluster Id :
Hypervisor Address : 10.x.y.158
Ip : fe80::20c:29ff:feab:7822%eth0
Ipmi Address : 192.168.2.116
Node Position : A
Node Serial : 487c804a-dd23-49cc-bcc1-f8e7123dc0b3
Rackable Unit Model : NX-2000
Rackable Unit Serial : 2 Service Vm Address : 10.x.y.166
Svm Id :
Svm Version : ServiceVM-1.23_Ubuntu
Cluster Id :
Hypervisor Address : 10.14.23.161
Ip : fe80::20c:29ff:fe4d:5273%eth0
Ipmi Address : 192.x.y.119
Node Position : D
Node Serial : ac77f7cf-a248-46af-9d56-023392978bd9
Rackable Unit Model : NX-2000
Rackable Unit Serial : 2 Service Vm Address : 10.x.y.169
Svm Id :
Svm Version : ServiceVM-1.23_Ubuntu
Cluster Id :
Hypervisor Address : 10.x.y.160
Ip : fe80::20c:29ff:fea3:2642%eth0
Ipmi Address : 192.x.y.118
Node Position : C
Node Serial : b9237d59-4979-4829-9a83-dfaa64dd4b5c
Rackable Unit Model : NX-2000
Rackable Unit Serial : 2 Service Vm Address : 10.x.y.168
Svm Id :
Svm Version : ServiceVM-1.23_Ubuntu
Cluster Id :
Hypervisor Address : 10.x.y.159
Ip : fe80::20c:29ff:fee9:a13c%eth0
Ipmi Address : 192.x.y117
Node Position : B
Node Serial : 6c31971d-fe7b-43e5-979f-2953a48a9d62
Rackable Unit Model : NX-2000
Rackable Unit Serial : 2
Service Vm Address : 10.x.y.167
Svm Id :
Svm Version : ServiceVM-1.23_Ubuntu
ncli cluster add-node ncli cluster add-node node-serial=487c804a-dd23-49cc-bcc1-f8e7123dc0b3;ncli cluster add-node node-serial=6c31971d-fe7b-43e5-979f-2953a48a9d62;ncli cluster add-node node-serial=b9237d59-4979-4829-9a83-dfaa64dd4b5c;ncli cluster add-node node-serial=ac77f7cf-a248-46af-9d56-023392978bd9
Node added successfully
Node added successfully
Node added successfully
Node added successfully
ncli host list|grep "Service VM Address"
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.49
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.48
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.50
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.51
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.166
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.167
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.168
Service VM Address : 10.x.y.169
cluster status|grep CVM
CVM: 10.x.y.166 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.167 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.168 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.169 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.48 Up
CVM: 10.1x.y.49 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.50 Up
CVM: 10.x.y.51 Up, ZeusLeader
2012-10-21 20:38:10 INFO cluster:906 Success!
nodetool -h localhost ring ( one by one nodes will get added in Limbo state and they become normal) - wait for all nodes to become normal.
Address Status State Load Owns Token
pVOFDgRpkq7rwjiZf0A7PdlGDLSswKByL8RZOTKcrHowOfT5FYbhPvy7PJvJ
10.x.y3.51 Up Normal 5.2 GB 20.00% 8zNLWFUeWeHJqvTxC9Fwc0CeIXGI5Xx7LnDjM2prxJR7YmfBrU1GnbaHPDnJ
10.x.y.49 Up Normal 4.02 GB 20.00% E1bIw6wcpRQ0XIGqRXkkN1Y5Af0b9ShinS36jxJxH9r56yZMqJxPztsE3Jiz
10.x.y.50 Up Normal 2.96 GB 20.00% TWCak3rlqTeO315iAG3asx0QNlPXfLkiqZswbC91t5TrLz1hsdBRDRCSR2OK
10.x.y.166 Up Limbo 774.37 MB 20.00% eZvBW6nzS9dTKtTMw6HVJ5RVNmeijP0UI2l8OyI76MYQLPsPcOjVoJzLcndo
10.x.y.48 Up Normal 4.35 GB 20.00% pVOFDgRpkq7rwjiZf0A7PdlGDLSswKByL8RZOTKcrHowOfT5FYbhPvy7PJvJ
. nodetool -h localhost ring -- all 8 nodes in Normal mode
Connect to nutanix console
(https://CVM_IP). Edit Storage Pool - add SATA drives ( + until 5) and PCIe ( + until 1) on new nodes
Edit container and add datastore on 4 new nodes
add 4 new nodes to vcenter
