Creating a network bond
If you have more than one node, you must create a network bond on each appliance node after all of the nodes are added. Use the same network interfaces and bonding mode for the bond on each node.
To create a network bond
- On the Flex Appliance Console, click the Network interfaces icon in the left-side navigation bar to open the Network interfaces page.
It may take a few minutes to load.
- Select the check box next to the name of each network interface that you want to include in the bond, then click Create bond.
- Enter a unique bond name and select the bond mode.
The following bond modes are available:
802.3ad (LACP) - this is the default bond mode value
Note:
If you select this bond mode, all of the network interfaces in the bond must be on the same port channel. If they are not, the bond speed is less than the sum of the interface speeds. If the bond speed is not as expected after you create the bond, run the following command in the Flex Appliance support shell:
/bin/grep "Aggregator ID" /proc/net/bonding/<bond name>
The Aggregator IDs should all be the same. If they are not, run the following command and check the Aggregator ID of each interface to determine which one is on a different port channel:
/bin/cat /proc/net/bonding/<bond name>
balance-rr
active-backup
balance-xor
broadcast
- Click Create.
- Configure the new bond.
