Hi All,

 

I know this topic has come up lots of times before but my brain can't seem to understand it unless its in the most simple way possible, with that said my question is, I have TWO 1GbE ports on the back of my HP ProLiant ML310E server, and both Cat6 cables are plugged into my 2.5GbE switch. What setting (if theres a setting) on UNRAID do I need to use to combine both ports to maximize the speed rather than active-backup - which I'm guessing means if one port goes down the other takes over, but means I only got 1GbE speeds? So basically I want 2GbE speeds rather than the 1GbE speed I get at the moment.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

Thanks in advance!

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There is NO WAY to "maximize the speed". Whatever mode you select (and that is honored by your switch, probably NONE), a single connection always can only run at 1G max.

In the more elaborate modes, MANY connections can be split among the cards (say PC#1 uses Card 1, and PC#2 uses Card 2), but still, only 1G each.

(this "bundling" only makes sense if you have hundreds of clients fighting for UNRAID concurrently)

 

So, basically, you are totally on the wrong track, shift your expectations or buy faster LAN cards.

 

3 minutes ago, MAM59 said:

There is NO WAY to "maximize the speed". Whatever mode you select (and that is honored by your switch, probably NONE), a single connection always can only run at 1G max.

In the more elaborate modes, MANY connections can be split among the cards (say PC#1 uses Card 1, and PC#2 uses Card 2), but still, only 1G each.

(this "bundling" only makes sense if you have hundreds of clients fighting for UNRAID concurrently)

 

So, basically, you are totally on the wrong track, shift your expectations or buy faster LAN cards.

 

Thanks for the response, I kinda thought that might be the answer but hoped there would of been a way to do it.