Re: [opensuse] Is the a list of Switches that support link bonding?

On Friday 31 October 2008 04:39, Dave Howorth wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I considering setting up link bonding for the first time. The
server would have 2 NICs. Possibly a couple of the clients would
have the same, but most of the clients only one NIC.

To my knowledge, the ethernet switch doesn't specifically need to
support bonding.

Are you sure about that, Per? I recall having to configure my switch
when I set up bonding. But it was years ago and perhaps things have
changed. FWIW my switches are 12-port AT-9410GB and they work fine.

Don't so-called switches operate at the network layer while "hubs" are
strictly link-level? If that's so, then presumably the switch does need
to participate or it will misdirect some packets, possibly thwarting
the intention of link bonding in the first place (added capacity /
better throughput)?

This article, <http://www.linux.com/feature/133849>, states:

"The switch must support the IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP)."


Cheers, Dave


Randall Schulz
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