False network failure detection in a mutual-aware setup

Problem: If you use mutually-aware support, and you cannot find ping in the path of the environment used to start the OpenSwitch server, error messages such “Host of ASE_name not responding” and “forceCloseSocket” are added to the error log at start-up.

Solution:

  1. Log in as the administrator, and shut down any OpenSwitch server by executing rp_shutdown.

  2. Modify the OpenSwitch configuration file to set “PING_BINARY” to the absolute path of the system ping command.

  3. Restart the OpenSwitch server manually with the steps described in “Starting OpenSwitch”.