What settings should I have for a bond that is going between two switches?
Issue
- When setting up a system for high resiliency when using a pair of redundant switches, how should the bond be configured to ensure maximum availability?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Redundant switch topology, possibly in a scenario such as this:
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| RHEL |
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eth0 | | eth1
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_ _ _ _ _| | _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _
| | | |
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| Switch A | Trunk | Switch B |
| |----------| |
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|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
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