DivideBy0 Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) I have 2 Unraid boxes with 4 ethernet interfaces each. Is it possible to do bonding / link aggregation - 802.3ad with direct cables (box to box) rather than going through a switch capable of 802.3ad? If I need to go through a switch I will have to waste 8 ports with 8 cables when I can just run 4 cables between the 2 unraid boxes. Is it possible? This links claims is possible. -->. I tried it but it does not work Edited July 8, 2020 by johnwhicker Quote
Vr2Io Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) LAG seems won't work. ( Best you have a try ) http://mobile.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/linux_unix/article.php/3850636/Understanding-NIC-Bonding-with-Linux.htm Conversely, if you have no switch support and just want to increase throughput and enable failover, use balance-alb. Finally, if you just need a data replication link between two servers, balance-rr is the way to go. Edited July 8, 2020 by Benson Quote
DivideBy0 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Posted July 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Benson said: LAG seems won't work. ( Best you have a try ) http://mobile.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/linux_unix/article.php/3850636/Understanding-NIC-Bonding-with-Linux.htm Conversely, if you have no switch support and just want to increase throughput and enable failover, use balance-alb. Finally, if you just need a data replication link between two servers, balance-rr is the way to go. I tried this option but it looks like it still needs to go through a switch I just want run the 4 cables across the 2 boxes and the bond them together somehow. Snap, why is always so hard Quote
Vr2Io Posted July 8, 2020 Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, johnwhicker said: This links claims is possible. -->. Yes, I also found some info. say it possible, but I think that depends on how linux driver implement that. Anyway why not try balance-alb. Edited July 8, 2020 by Benson Quote
DivideBy0 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Posted July 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Benson said: Yes, I also found some info. say it possible, but I think that depends on how linux driver implement that. Anyway why not try balance-alb. I tried balance-alb and still does not work. This should be straight forward Quote
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