Network : Bridge over bonding

Jim Bourne jbourne at hardrock.org
Thu Sep 22 21:45:51 UTC 2011


>> You probably want to bond eth0 and eth1 into a mode 1 bond, which is
>> active/standby based on link status. You then want to make the bond0
>> interface a member of bridge0.
>>
>> From original mail:
> BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 primary=eth0 miimon=100"
>

Just curious, why would one opt for mode 1 over 802.3ad?  If your switch
hardware allows link aggregation across chassis I would think that would be
the best way to maximize throughput and availability.

Regards
etc

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