Not a lot of time to go deeply into this, but as far as I know: - for round robin bonding you need two unconnected switches - for using the same switch you need 802.3ad
if you decide to mix and match, you need to keep this into consideration. B. On 02/21/11 12:12, Claudio Prono wrote: > Hello all, > > I wrote to the list because of a little of confusion about bonding > devices in HA environment. > > My network architecture is the following: > > - 2 redundant firewalls with heartbeat, 4 network nics > - 2 redundant switches > - 1 system behind the switch with 2 nic > > The system behind the switch have the 2 nic connected to the 2 switches. > The two switches are connected each other > From each switch i have 2 cable connecting to the two firewalls > > Now, my question is: i have to set up a bonding device on each firewall, > in mode 1 (like the example i have found here: > http://linux-ip.net/html/ether-bonding.html#ex-ether-bonding-aggregation), > but is needed some particular configuration of the switches to make this > work correctly? Or is simply based on the interface link status? > > I have searched some help in the previous mailing list posts, but is not > clear to me.... > Any hint is well accepted. > > Cordially, > > Claudio Prono. > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
