If I am using one NIC do I need to bond my private, public, and storage
networks to it?
Section 8.2.10.4 of the documentation mentions NIC bonding for XenServer,
which I am using for all host.
It says all NIC bonding is optional, so I wonder if all traffic will flow
properly without me doing any network bonding.
I am using one NIC currently but this may not be the best design. My machine
has six NICs but I am only using one while I do proof of concept. Is there a
recommended bonding template or scenario?
Here is the section from the documentation for reference:
8.2.10.4. NIC Bonding for XenServer (Optional)
XenServer supports Source Level Balancing (SLB) NIC bonding. Two NICs can be
bonded together to carry public, private, and guest traffic, or some
combination of these. Separate storage networks are also possible. Here are
some example supported configurations:
2 NICs on private, 2 NICs on public, 2 NICs on storage
2 NICs on private, 1 NIC on public, storage uses management network
2 NICs on private, 2 NICs on public, storage uses management network
1 NIC for private, public, and storage
All NIC bonding is optional.
Kent Johnson
University of Utah
David Eccles School of Business
Graduate Student in Information Systems
