Network cards that work with bonding ( bond interface ) for HA

Hi. Can anyone already implementing / implemented bonding with their
NICs for either HA or load balancing recommend what NICs work ?
Alternatively, which rack-mountable ( Dell, HP, IBM ) servers with dual
NICs work ?

I am looking at implemented at bonding in a HA environment, each NIC
connected to a separate switch.

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> Hi. Can anyone already implementing / implemented bonding with their
> NICs for either HA or load balancing recommend what NICs work ?
> Alternatively, which rack-mountable ( Dell, HP, IBM ) servers with dual
> NICs work ?

Any of them should work, double-check that driver/NIC are
mii-status aware, makes thing easier. In general Intel eepro
cards work reliable/fast.

> I am looking at implemented at bonding in a HA environment, each NIC
> connected to a separate switch.

Configurable switches need special treatment to allow bonding,
or unexpected things will happen as soon as they'll mention the
same MAC on different ports. Check the kernel sources,
(/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt) contains all info you
need.

Good luck

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