>>> On 1/22/2009 at 3:51 PM, "Harder, Pieter" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I have been reading in 'Networking with Linux on System z' from Share in > last August (see http://linuxvm.org/Present/SHARE111/S9267kw.pdf) and I see > something that is confusing me. In the part about qeth bonding on page 33 it > says 'Add MAC address to eth0 & eth1 (not necessary for GuestLAN or Vswitch)' > which suggest that bonding is also possible for multiple VNICs connected to a > VSWITCH. From the documentation about VSWITCH LACP I get the impression this > is not possible. Is this a slip of the author or just my bad understanding? > Or is it possible?
I don't see how NIC bonding has anything to do with Link Aggregation. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to form a bond out of two virtual NICs COUPLEd to the same VSWITCH. From the Linux perspective, they look just like any other eth? device. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
