Bonding

Hi folks,
I have configured bonding on redhat ES 3.0.When I upload or download
files I see packets going through, the two interfaces.Does this ensure
my bonding is working perfect?

Also I read somewhere that ethernet channel needs to configured etc.Can
someone shed some light on it?I am connected to cisco switch.


Thanks

Nicky wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I have configured bonding on redhat ES 3.0.When I upload or download
> files I see packets going through, the two interfaces.Does this ensure
> my bonding is working perfect?
>
> Also I read somewhere that ethernet channel needs to configured etc.Can
> someone shed some light on it?I am connected to cisco switch.
>

What's protocol are you using for bonding

on my system i use 802.3ad

on cisco
this is the config used

interface Port-channel1
description serveur Linux
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
channel-group 1 mode active
interface GigabitEthernet2/0/1
channel-group 1 mode active

Is everything continue to work if you unplug one cable ?
on linux ( I'm using kernel 2.6 not 2.4 as RHEL3
alias bond0 bonding
options bonding miimon=100 mode=4

Hope this help

Well I didn`t test out by bringing 1 interface down.Anyway I am more
interested in load balancing than the failover.Since I see packets
going in/out of the two interface,can I assume bonding is ok?

Do I need to configure the switch for the Channelling?What is the
significance of this?

"Nicky" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>Do I need to configure the switch for the Channelling?What is the
>significance of this?

EtherChannel is CiscoSpeak for Bonding. And you should set up both ends to
match - with luck it could work (somewhat) without explicitly setting
both ends to bonding/etherchannel, but how long do you want to trust on
your luck?

And to complete the confusion, SunSpeak for the Bonding is Trunking,
which in CiscoSpeak has a completely different meaning.
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