Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I considering setting up link bonding for the first time. The server would have 2 NICs. Possibly a couple of the clients would have the same, but most of the clients only one NIC.
I've checked a couple switches and I'm confused. I found one old comment that there was a 8-port Netgear 1Gbit switch that supported it for $100 which sounds great.
But I need about 24 ports, and from my initial looks I haven't found one yet that does.
My method is to drill down into spec sheets, but I'm hoping someone has already done that and built a nice list? We successfully use bonding on our HP DL380 servers (SLES). They're hooked to HP ProCurve switches (typically the 5406zl model).
But I'm not aware of any support for bonding being needed on the switch side. As far as I know, everything happens on the server side. I may be wrong and just lucky to use a compatible switch, of course. HTH Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: pan@iba-group.com http://www.iba-worldwide.com The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.