viveks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am interested in opensolaris.
>
> I have read the system administration guide : ip services (IPMP) and also the
> Link aggregation documentation using dladm.
>
> My question:
>
> In linux i can create a bond with balance-xor mode or active-backup mode, can
> i do the same on solaris? i mean, just create a bond that supports load
> balancing or active-backup, or should i need to create an IPMP group or an
> aggregation depending on my requirement.
>
> What are the names of the modes supported on solaris?
See the dladm(1M) man page, and examine the "-P policy" argument for
create-aggr.
Linux "balance-xor" (mode=2) is roughly equivalent to:
dladm create-aggr -P L2 -L off ...
That is, it does load balancing based only on MAC addresses (that's a
fairly weak choice; L4 is better, but I don't see a Linux equivalent to
that), and disables LACP.
I don't know of anything directly equivalent to Linux "active-backup"
(mode=1), but using IPMP with a "standby" interface (see ifconfig(1M))
is fairly close.
The functionality in these two operating systems is a bit different.
Instead of trying to match up the names of operational modes, I suggest
reading through the documentation and finding the set of features that
you need.
--
James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <[email protected]>
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