Does ethernet bonding work and which kernel is required?

[Jonas Blåberg]

AFAIK teaming with the iANS package should be used for RH3. See the download page at Dell: 
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_2850&os=LE30&osl=EN 
 
Bonding is for RH4.
 
/blåberg
 

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From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Thomas H Dr Pierce
Sent: den 21 juni 2006 16:07
To: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
Subject: Does ethernet bonding work and which kernel is required?



Dear Poweredge Users, 

I have a PE2850 with dual Intel 1 Gbit ethernet interfaces which talk to the user network  and a PCI (32 bit) Intel Dual  1 Gbit  ethernet interfaces which talk to the private cluster network.  My question is "Should I "bond" the dual PCI interfaces into a virtual ethernet interface to improve thruput  and latency?" 

I am not sure this can even work. I have Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp RedHat Enterprise Release 3 running on the Poweredge.  I have heard references to bonding being incorporated into a specific kernel as succeeding generations in 2004.  Is RedHat Rel 3 new enough?  Also this link says that bonding is not very effective ( http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/61/32/ ) . And I have not found any statistics or metrics on how much better is can be.   

To dispel a related issue, yes the 3Com 1 Gbit switch that I use, can support bonded ethernet, but does it improve the network? 
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Sincerely,

  Tom Pierce
  
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