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Chapter 6 # F failover The transfer of services from the master node to the vice-master node when the master node fails. The vice-master node must have all of the necessary state information to take over at the moment of failover. The vice-master node expects no cooperation or coordination from the failed master node. See also switchover. FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) floating address triplet A logical address triplet for the node holding the master role. Diskless nodes and dataless nodes access services and data on the master node through the floating address triplet. See also address triplet. floating external address A logical address visible on the external network that is assigned to an interface on the node holding the master role. Foundation Services The basic set of services provided by the Foundation Services product. The Foundation Services include the following services: CGTP Reliable NFS Cluster Membership Manager Reliable Boot Service Daemon Monitor Node State Manager Watchdog Timer Node Management Agent
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