[Linux-cluster] Your Network Bonding Mode On a Cluster

[Leo Pleiman]

Try mode 4, it creates an active-active connection that is supported by most enterprise switches without any additional configuration. 

Leo J Pleiman 
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----- "Alan A" <alan.zg at gmail.com> wrote: 
> What bonding mode do you have on your cluster? I tried mode 5 and 6, and I got some dropped packets, then I switched to mode1, and still got dropped packets. Here is modprobe.conf: 
> 
> alias bond0 bonding 
> #options bond0 mode=5 miimon=100 use_carrier=0 
> options bond0 mode=1 miimon=100 use_carrier=0 
> 
> alias eth0 bnx2 
> #alias eth1 bnx2 
> alias eth2 bnx2 
> #alias eth3 bnx2 
> alias scsi_hostadapter cciss 
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 sata_svw 
> alias scsi_hostadapter2 lpfc 
> alias scsi_hostadapter3 usb-storage 
> 

> -- 
> Alan A. 
> 
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