How-To Simple Linux Bonding

Bonding or channel aggregation is a means by which multiple Ethernet connections can be used as a single connection with a single IP Address. This is very handy both for performance but also for failure protection. Bonding is accomplished using the Linux Bonding Driver. This How To will address basic bonding on the Red Hat …

Linux Bonding Modes

When bonding Ethernet channels in Linux there are several modes that can be chosen that affect the way in which the bonding will occur. These modes are enumerated from zero to six. Let’s look briefly at each and see how they differ. Remember that when looking at these modes that bonding can include two or …