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Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed. | Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed. | ||
| − | == Setting up | + | == Setting up bonding on a RHEL/CentOS 4 or 5 system == |
===Create a bond0 configuration file=== | ===Create a bond0 configuration file=== | ||
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===Modify eth0 and eth1 config files=== | ===Modify eth0 and eth1 config files=== | ||
| − | Open both | + | Open both configurations using vi (text editor) and make sure the file reads as follows for interface eth0 |
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | # vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | Open eth1 configuration file using vi | + | Open the eth1 configuration file using vi : |
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 | vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 | ||
| − | Make sure file | + | Make sure the file reads as follows for interface eth1: |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
DEVICE=eth1 | DEVICE=eth1 | ||
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BOOTPROTO=none | BOOTPROTO=none | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | Save file and exit to shell prompt. | + | Save the file and exit to shell prompt. |
=== Load bond driver/module === | === Load bond driver/module === | ||
| − | Make sure the bonding module is loaded | + | Make sure the bonding module is loaded before the channel-bonding interface (bond0) is brought up. You need to modify the kernel modules configuration file: |
# vi /etc/modprobe.conf | # vi /etc/modprobe.conf | ||
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options bond0 miimon=100 | options bond0 miimon=100 | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | You can learn more about | + | You can learn more about bonding options in the kernel source documentation file "Documentation/networking/bonding.txt" |
=== Test the configuration === | === Test the configuration === | ||
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Where is no specifics here, see [[Traffic shaping with tc]]. | Where is no specifics here, see [[Traffic shaping with tc]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:45, 4 August 2012
Linux allows binding multiple network interfaces into a single channel/NIC.
Contents
Introduction[edit]
The Linux bonding driver provides a method for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single logical "bonded" interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon the mode; generally speaking, modes provide either hot standby or load balancing services. Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed.
Setting up bonding on a RHEL/CentOS 4 or 5 system[edit]
Create a bond0 configuration file[edit]
Red Hat Linux stores network configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory. First, you need to create bond0 config file:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
Append following lines to it:
In case of static IP[edit]
DEVICE=bond0 IPADDR=x.x.x.x NETWORK=y.y.y.y NETMASK=z.z.z.z BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes
x.x.x.x is an IP address of HW.
y.y.y.y is an Network address of HW.
z.z.z.z is an net mask address of HW (usually 255.255.255.0).
Replace above IP data with your actual IP address. Save file and exit to shell prompt.
In case of DHCP[edit]
DEVICE=bond0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes
Modify eth0 and eth1 config files[edit]
Open both configurations using vi (text editor) and make sure the file reads as follows for interface eth0
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0 USERCTL=no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none
Open the eth1 configuration file using vi :
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Make sure the file reads as follows for interface eth1:
DEVICE=eth1 USERCTL=no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none
Save the file and exit to shell prompt.
Load bond driver/module[edit]
Make sure the bonding module is loaded before the channel-bonding interface (bond0) is brought up. You need to modify the kernel modules configuration file:
# vi /etc/modprobe.conf
alias bond0 bonding options bond0 miimon=100
You can learn more about bonding options in the kernel source documentation file "Documentation/networking/bonding.txt"
Test the configuration[edit]
First, load the bonding module:
# modprobe bonding
Restart networking service in order to up bond0 interface:
# service network restart
Check proc info:
# cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v2.6.3 (June 8, 2005) Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin) MII Status: up MII Polling Interval (ms): 0 Up Delay (ms): 0 Down Delay (ms): 0 Slave Interface: eth0 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:07:d4:c3 Slave Interface: eth1 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:07:d4:cd
List all interfaces:
#ip a
2: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
4: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
link/ether 00:0c:29:73:26:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.17.3.25/16 brd 10.17.255.255 scope global bond0
6: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master bond0 qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:73:26:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master bond0 qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:73:26:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
1: venet0: <BROADCAST,POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
link/void
Route:
# ip r 10.17.0.0/16 dev bond0 proto kernel scope link src 10.17.3.25 169.254.0.0/16 dev bond0 scope link default via 10.17.0.1 dev bond0
Traffic shaping[edit]
Where is no specifics here, see Traffic shaping with tc.
As a result in:
# ip a s bond0
4: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc cbq
##NOTE:Class Based Queueing tc was added ^^^^^^^^^^
link/ether 00:0c:29:07:d4:c3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.17.3.41/16 brd 10.17.255.255 scope global bond0
