Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-05-23 Thread James Pearson
Mag Gam wrote: Thanks Jim. Since, 802.3ad requires switch settings does it perform better than other modes? Does anyone have any benchmarks? I haven't done any benchmarks - but as I've managed to get 200+Mbyte/s read speeds using mode 6 with a dual link - I can't see it would be any faster

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-05-23 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:23 AM, James Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mag Gam wrote: Thanks Jim. Since, 802.3ad requires switch settings does it perform better than other modes? Does anyone have any benchmarks? I haven't done any benchmarks - but as I've managed to get 200+Mbyte/s read

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-05-22 Thread Michael Simpson
On 5/22/08, Mag Gam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity. If you wanted to bond do you have to ask your network admin to configure a special switch setting for MAC addresses? depends on the mode of bonding http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bonding

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-05-22 Thread James Pearson
Mag Gam wrote: Just out of curiosity. If you wanted to bond do you have to ask your network admin to configure a special switch setting for MAC addresses? AFAIK, only with 802.3ad The other Linux bonding modes don't require any switch settings James Pearson

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-05-22 Thread Mag Gam
Thanks Jim. Since, 802.3ad requires switch settings does it perform better than other modes? Does anyone have any benchmarks? TIA On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:19 AM, James Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mag Gam wrote: Just out of curiosity. If you wanted to bond do you have to ask your

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-15 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 10:48 -0700, Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 11:06 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Can you post the ifcfg files used and the output of /proc/net/bonding/bond0? This is for one system. I have another one that I've been working on too, and it too

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-14 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 11:06 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Can you post the ifcfg files used and the output of /proc/net/bonding/bond0? This is for one system. I have another one that I've been working on too, and it too doesn't work with 'port group 2' on the two switch ports that it is

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-12 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: This should give you what you need when doing 802.3ad LAGs: interface FastEthernet0/21 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! interface FastEthernet0/22 port group 1 spanning-tree

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 11:24 +0100, Michael Simpson wrote: Certainly the 2900 will support 802.3ad or LACP natively. i found this which may be of use http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Cisco+Systems+IOS-based+switches-+interface+bonding+and+trunking?t=anon So, as it turns out, it's a 2900XL, which

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 13:43 -0400, Guy Boisvert wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 11:24 +0100, Michael Simpson wrote: Certainly the 2900 will support 802.3ad or LACP natively. i found this which may be of use

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 13:43 -0400, Guy Boisvert wrote: You may have a look at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/140.pdf http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_configuration_example09186a0080094789.shtml I've looked at both of these documents already. In the

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port switch. We've got stacks of these sitting unused, so I doubt they're too expensive/valuable.

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port switch. We've got stacks of these sitting unused, so I doubt they're

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:49 -0700, Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port switch. We've got stacks of

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port switch.

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port switch. We've got stacks of these sitting unused, so I doubt

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a small 24 port

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Les Mikesell wrote: John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! They're

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 12:33 -0700, Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:46 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: If I paid a couple

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:46 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote:

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: I don't think you need to do all that: Check out: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/release12.0_5_wc3/swg/Swgports.html I've run 2900xl's connected to each other though 2 ports each configured with: port group 1

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Les Mikesell wrote: Ross S. W. Walker wrote: I don't think you need to do all that: Check out: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/release12.0_5_wc3/swg/Swgports.html I've run 2900xl's connected to each other though 2 ports each

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 16:59 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:46 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: Ross S. W. Walker wrote: I don't think you need to do all that: Check out: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/release12.0_5_wc3/swg/Swgports.html

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add on modules. Your best bet if your not comfortable with the IOS

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 18:05 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: John wrote: Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add on

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: This should give you what you need when doing 802.3ad LAGs: interface FastEthernet0/21 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! interface FastEthernet0/22 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! Using this on the switch and

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:13 -0700, Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: This should give you what you need when doing 802.3ad LAGs: interface FastEthernet0/21 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! interface FastEthernet0/22

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: This should give you what you need when doing 802.3ad LAGs: interface FastEthernet0/21 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! interface FastEthernet0/22 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! Using this

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add on modules. Your best bet if your not comfortable with the IOS

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 19:51 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: John wrote: Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add on

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-11 Thread John
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 19:45 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy Selivanow wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: This should give you what you need when doing 802.3ad LAGs: interface FastEthernet0/21 port group 1 spanning-tree portfast ! interface

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-10 Thread Michael Simpson
On 4/9/08, Timothy Selivanow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm try to bond a few interfaces together with the hopes of getting increased throughput, and I'm using a cisco Catalyst 2900 as the switch. I've tried using mode 0, 5, and 6 with nothing special on the switch, and mode 4 with some ports

RE: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I'm try to bond a few interfaces together with the hopes of getting increased throughput, and I'm using a cisco Catalyst 2900 as the switch. I've tried using mode 0, 5, and 6 with nothing special on the switch, and mode 4 with some ports trunked together (I have a feeling that the trunking that

Re: [CentOS] Interface bonding?

2008-04-09 Thread John
On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 15:47 -0700, Timothy Selivanow wrote: I'm try to bond a few interfaces together with the hopes of getting increased throughput, and I'm using a cisco Catalyst 2900 as the switch. I've tried using mode 0, 5, and 6 with nothing special on the switch, and mode 4 with some