Configure network bonding red hat enterprise linux 7. If your company has an existing red hat account, your organization administrator can grant you access. The following table provides some explanation of these options and some alternatives depending on your hardware. Channel bonding interfaces red hat enterprise linux 6. A bond is created using the bonding kernel module and a special network. Using the command line interface cli red hat enterprise. Alternatively, you can view the bond as the kernel. Bonding enables two or more network interfaces to act as one. Bonding with balanceslb allows a limited form of load balancing without the remote switchs knowledge or cooperation. Bonding module directives in the red hat enterprise linux 7 networking guide.
The red hat customer portal delivers the knowledge, expertise, and guidance available through your red hat subscription. Balances flows based on source mac address and output vlan, with periodic rebalancing as traffic patterns change. Establishing a bond connection red hat enterprise linux 6. It is a part of paper rh033 which is first level for taking up rhce certification. This video will serve you as a guide for red hat enterprise linux installation guide for intel and amd 32bit and 64bit systems, watch the step by step detailed installation guide for learning. In this video one of the trainer is trying to explain one of the important concept of red hat enterprise linux. If the receiving slave fails, another slave takes over the mac address of the failed slave. Network bonding is the creation of a single bonded interface using multiple cards. Red hat enterprise linux 7 allows administrators to bind multiple network interfaces together into a single, bonded, channel. How to setup and configure network bonding or teaming in. Other bonding modes require configuring the switch to aggregate the links. In addition, you can still use lacp with linux bonding. If you are a new customer, register now for access to product evaluations and purchasing capabilities.
It is a good idea to test which channel bonding module parameters work best for your bonded interfaces before adding them to the. Mode 0 offers fault tolerance and balances the load across all network interface cards in the bond. Tutorial is for beginners not having any experience in linux. How to setup and configure network bonding or teaming in rhelcentos 7 part 11. As an alternative, you can download the generated configuration files. The mode that is used to share traffic over the slave connections which make up the bond. This mode is only suitable for local addresses known to the kernel bonding module and. In this tutorial we will configure network bonding on centos 6.
In addition, you can still use lacp with linux bonding in your network interface templates. However, mode 0 cannot be used in conjunction with bridges. Log in to your red hat account red hat customer portal. Slb assigns each source mac and vlan pair to a link and transmits all packets from that mac and vlan through that link. For example, a cisco switch requires etherchannel for modes 0, 2, and 3, but for mode. If using this setting while in mode0 or mode2 the two loadbalancing modes, the network switch must be configured to distribute packets evenly across the. Channel bonding enables two or more network interfaces to act as one.