Virtual IP Addressing

This topic contains information about the following subtopics:
  • Terminology
  • Introduction to VIPA
  • Moving VIPA (Upon outage of TCP/IP)
  • Static VIPAs, dynamic VIPAs (DVIPAs), and distributed dynamic VIPAs
  • Using static VIPAs
  • Using dynamic VIPAs (DVIPAs)
  • Choosing which form of dynamic VIPA to use
  • Configuring distributed DVIPAs — sysplex distributor
  • Resolution of DVIPA conflicts
  • IPv6 considerations
  • Other considerations
  • Example of configuring dynamic and distributed VIPAs
  • Verifying the DVIPAs in a sysplex
  • Verifying sysplex distributor workload
  • DVIPAs and routing protocols
Note: This information applies to both IPv4 and IPv6, unless otherwise noted.
Parent topic: Base TCP⁄IP system