I'd like to use mode 4 of the linux bonding (
mode4 = 802.3ad)
IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification.
Pre-requisites: 1. Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave. 2. A switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Most switches will require some type of configuration to enable 802.3ad mode.
I'd like to know if I can use this configuration without problems with dell switch of the 27xx series.
But I think it's not what I am looking for, I mean, I 'd like to do the folling thing:
to put, for examples, (number) two 1 gigabit network interfaces "together" so to have only one interface at the speed of 2 gigabit.
From what I have understand, I need this:
802.3ad or 4
IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification.
Slave selection for outgoing traffic is done according to the transmit hash policy, which may be changed from the default simple XOR policy via the xmit_hash_policy option, documented below. Note that not all transmit policies may be 802.3ad compliant, particularly in regards to the packet mis-ordering requirements of section 43.2.4 of the 802.3ad standard. Differing peer implementations will have varying tolerances for noncompliance.
Prerequisites:
1. Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave.
2. A switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation.
Most switches will require some type of configuration to enable 802.3ad mode.
Do I have understand right? (correct me please if what I'd like to do is impossible or if I have posted a wrong section of the link you provide me)
Do all this things are related to the "famous" LACP ?
So the question is can I do it with the 2007 series?
I have understand that I can't use the "Mode 4" and you suggested me to use "mode 2".
Are there other "modes" I can use with this switch?
What's the most performant mode I can use with that switch?
Because of my bad english, I didn't uderstand exactly what "mode 2" does, I have only understand that provdes load balancing and fault tolerance. How does it work? I mean, there's a server with 4 port bonded in mode 2 with the switch.
If 2 computer attached to the switch ask 2 different files from the server, what happens? One file is sent through one interface of the server and the other file via the other interface of the server?
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Posted February 13th, 2008 17:00
2700 switches do not support dynamic link aggregation (LACP). They support static link aggregation.