Before proceeding, you must verify each appliances’s connectivity from its data path address to the next-hop and to the remote devices. This verifies that the cables are appropriately connected and that you haven’t misconfigured any of the IP addresses.Tip Prior to putting a bridge mode appliance in production, it is always a good practice to test connectivity with the appliance in bypass to make sure that the network will function in the event the Silver Peak device fails to wire.
w To verify Appliance A1’s connectivity
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2 Ping Appliance B’s data path IP address.By default, Silver Peak uses the mgmt0 IP address as the source address for a ping. Depending on your network configuration and addressing scheme, this may give misleading results. To sidestep this issue, use the -I option to specify the local device’s data path address as the ping’s source address.
3 To ensure that local routing is working correctly, ping an address on the subnet from which PBR (Policy-Based Routing) will be redirecting traffic. Here, that subnet is 10.110.33.0/24.
To do that, use the same ping screen, specify either an address of a device or the router’s address in that subnet, and ping with the -I option, as shown.
w To verify Appliance A2’s connectivity
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2 Ping Appliance B’s data path IP address.By default, Silver Peak uses the mgmt0 IP address as the source address for a ping. Depending on your network configuration and addressing scheme, this may give misleading results. To sidestep this issue, use the -I option to specify the local device’s data path address as the ping’s source address.
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