Sunday, October 2, 2011

Changing Mac Magic numbers at Checkpoint Cluster

Below operation should be done at the scenario where two checkpoint clusters work on the same network.
To view the values
# fw ctl get int fwha_mac_magic
# fw ctl get int fwha_mac_forward_magic
default values are 254 and 253
Lets change them to 251 and 250
# fw ctl set int fwha_mac_magic 251
# fw ctl set int fwha_mac_forward_magic 250
Also we should write these to $FWDIR/boot/modules/fwkern.conf with hex values like the example below
fwha_mac_magic=0xfb
fwha_mac_forward_magic=0xfa