Setting up peering

Setting up peering involves creating intercluster logical interfaces (LIFs) on each node, creating cluster peering, and creating SVM peering.

Prerequisites for cluster peering
Before you set up cluster peering, you should confirm that the connectivity, port, IP address, subnet, firewall, and cluster-naming requirements are met.
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating intercluster logical interfaces (LIFs) enables the cluster network to communicate with a node. You must create an intercluster LIF within each IPspace that will be used for peering, on each node in each cluster for which you want to create a peer relationship.
Creating cluster peer relationships
You can create an authenticated cluster peer relationship to connect clusters so that the clusters in the peer relationship can communicate securely with each other.
Creating SVM peers
SVM peering enables you to establish a peer relationship between two storage virtual machines (SVMs) for data protection.
What passphrases are
You can use a passphrase to authorize peering requests. You can use a custom passphrase or a system-generated passphrase for cluster peering.
Enabling SnapMirror Buiness Continuity

Parent topic: Cluster Management using ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series, Version 9.12.1