[ovirt-users] Why not bond0

Alan Murrell lists at murrell.ca
Mon Jun 8 02:01:57 UTC 2015



On 06/04/2015 03:23 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> Do not use tlb or alb in bridge, never! It does not work, that's it.
> The reason is it mangles source macs in xmit frames and arps. When it
> is possible, just use mode 4 (lacp). That should be always possible
> because all enterprise switches support that. Generally, for 99% of
> use cases, you *should* use mode 4. There is no reason to use other modes.

I think 99% may be a bit high... what if one wants to split the bond
between two or more non-stacked switches, which I would imagine is a
pretty common scenario.  My understanding is if mode 4 (LACP) is used,
all the interfaces need to be connected to the same switch, no?

Regards,

Alan




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