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Originally Posted by ksleslie
My name is Leslie. I have recently got a new Server,
HP DL380 (Rack Mount). It is running on Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.0 . It has dual ethernet ports
I was wondering if it is possible to do IP Teaming/Bonding
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we have channel bonding on several hp blades in production (only for failover).
check out this link for brief explanation:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...NTERFACES-CHAN
my setup:
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in /etc/modprobe.conf, i have:
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=1 miimon=100 primary=eth2
NOTE: the gigabit adapters we have are eth2 and eth3 (there are 4 onboard nics - we don't use the firs two). these are Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 using the tg3 modules
then, in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, i have the following files:
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ifcfg-bond0
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IPADDR=a.b.c.d
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
DEVICE=bond0
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
BONDING_MASTER=yes
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ifcfg-eth2
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DEVICE=eth2
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
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ifcfg-eth3
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DEVICE=eth3
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
you can either reboot to test the setup or manually load the modules with the parameters (as specified in modprobe.conf) and restart your network.
hth.