It is managed IP address (virtual IP address) and subnet mask which will be assigned on a network interface card resource. A real IP address which is static must be set in the network interface card to add on a virtual IP address. This can be switchable node to node in case it reacts in the same manner as the node’s real IP address, and applications and other nodes can communicate with the node using the virtual IP address. A virtual IP address cannot be used independently. This always depends on a network interface card resource, so this have a value which is name of the network interface card(NIC) resource in its ‘NICResName’ attribute. This value should be match to its depending NIC resource name to work properly. If the NIC resource has not been configured or not in the ONLINE state, it cannot be used. |