How to setup link aggregation?

[JimPhreak]

I assume this is done through command line since I see nothing about it in the webgui.  And since I'm a complete noob with regards to UnRAIDs command line I'm wondering if anyone can point me towards any guides/documentation for setting up Link Aggregation.

[dirtysanchez]

unRaid webGUI -> Settings -> Network Settings -> Enable bonding and Bonding mode settings.

[JimPhreak]

unRaid webGUI -> Settings -> Network Settings -> Enable bonding and Bonding mode settings.

 

Man I am not having a good week lol.  Thanks.

[JimPhreak]

On my switch I have setup a Dynamic LAG group yet once I enabled bonding on my UnRAID server it seems only one of the NICs is active.  I'm getting 50% packet loss when I ping the server and it's very slow.  Is there any specific way my LAG group needs to be configured on my switch (HP Procurve v1910-24G)?

 

EDIT: And now I can't even get into the webgui to disable bonding...grrrrrr.

 

EDIT #2:  So I had to unplug one of the cat6 cables before I could get back into the server to disable bonding.

 

EDIT #3: Ok so since I disabled bonding I now can't ping or access my server at all.  It doesn't even show up with a network scan utility.  HUH???

 

EDIT #4: Ok after I figured out the command lines commands to stop the array and reboot I was able to reboot and now I can get  back into my server.  However I'm still at the original stage of trying to configure LAG.

[dirtysanchez]

Not sure I'll be able to help but I'll try. There are only a few here that do link aggregation so hopefully they will see this thread and chime in.

 

What bonding mode were you using?

[JimPhreak]

Not sure I'll be able to help but I'll try. There are only a few here that do link aggregation so hopefully they will see this thread and chime in.

 

What bonding mode were you using?

 

I only tried balance-rr (0) because I read that was the one mode that you could potentially see a speed increase on.

[dirtysanchez]

Have you given this thread a read?

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16887.msg153977

[JimPhreak]

Have you given this thread a read?

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16887.msg153977

 

I did.  Unfortunately I think my issue is that my workstation (all of them actually) are Windows.  Even my ESXi box is only running Windows VMs .

[dirtysanchez]

Right, and there are no Windows NIC drivers (at least that I'm aware of) that do balance-rr. 802.3ad mode should work though. Of course, each workstation will still cap out at 1Gb, but multiple workstations accessing unRaid simultaneously should be able to get higher than 1Gb.

[prongATO]

Right, and there are no Windows NIC drivers (at least that I'm aware of) that do balance-rr. 802.3ad mode should work though. Of course, each workstation will still cap out at 1Gb, but multiple workstations accessing unRaid simultaneously should be able to get higher than 1Gb.

 

I realized this is an old thread but in response to the last statement:

 

http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-009747.htm

 

The Windows driver I'm using has an option for static aggregation and another for dynamic link aggregation.

 

I'm having the same problems with Dynamix also.  Spotty connections, I can ping it but the web interface won't load. (thank God I got a Supermicro board with OOB-IPMI)  Did anyone ever come up with a solution to the unraid side of RR?