Obligatory apology in advance to what I hope are absurdly simple questions. I'm new to linux/unRAID as well as working with server hardware. I've been following guides, searching posts, etc but haven't been able to figure this part out.
Current setup:
unRAID 6.6.7 pro
I recently bought an r710. It has dual L5640 and 192 GB ram (16GB sticks to keep it running higher than 800mhz).
Storage is 1 10TB parity, 2 10TB, 1 2TB drives. 22TB total
Cache is 2 SSD drives, 1TB each
using an H200 flashed to IT mode (that was fun)
Installed a few VMs, got plex docker up and running, moved some media over and it works great!
I have 2 network cards that have 4 gigabit jacks each.
Networking info:
I believe 1 nic is working fine with 4 showing up and showing connected. I might not have it set up to actually USE the 4, but they show up as eth0 - eth3. My other card looks like it's not showing up or not enabled or something.
When I look at the INFO link in unRAID it looks like this:
bond0: fault-tolerance (active-backup), mtu 1500
eth0: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
eth1: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
eth2: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
eth3: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
eth4: not connected
eth5: not connected
eth6: not connected
eth7: not connected
From system devices:
IOMMU group 13:[14e4:1639] 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
[14e4:1639] 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
IOMMU group 14:[14e4:1639] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
[14e4:1639] 02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
IOMMU group 15:[1000:0072] 04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)
IOMMU group 16:[111d:8018] 05:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT PES12N3A 12-lane 3-Port PCI Express Switch (rev 0e)
IOMMU group 17:[111d:8018] 06:02.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT PES12N3A 12-lane 3-Port PCI Express Switch (rev 0e)
[8086:10bc] 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
[8086:10bc] 07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
IOMMU group 18:[111d:8018] 06:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT PES12N3A 12-lane 3-Port PCI Express Switch (rev 0e)
[8086:10bc] 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
[8086:10bc] 08:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
In the network settings area of unRAID I see that eth0 is using bonding to 1,2, and 3. Under the settings for 1,2, and 3 it says "interface not configured" and they all have the same MAC address. For eth4-7 it says "Interface is shutdown (inactive)" and they all have their own MAC.
eth0 settings:
Setup Questions:
1. Are my first 4 connections OK ? If it's bonded correctly is it OK for it to show "interface not configured"?
2. What can I do with my configuration to use all 8 connections? I have more than 8 available on my switch (not a smart switch).
2.1 Provided the other NIC can get up and running can I just bond all 8?
Not looking to do anything advanced (for me) yet like VLANs... just want to utilize hardware I have.
