Re: Network redundancy (Linux bonding/Solaris IPMP)

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:12:24AM +0200, Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> I have looked the agr page, and I have googled for agr for a while,
> without finding how link1 mode works.
> 
> Because I will connect the server to two switches, I can't use LACP
> mode. I will have to use link1 mode.

> 
> How does link1 mode work?. Is it active/passive? Does it work using
> the link status of the ehternet connections? If this is the way it
> works, it is ok for my setup.

Ho does other OSes decide which link to use in such a setup ?
At first glance I'd say that if you want to have the same behavior as
linux bond, you'd need both link0 and link1.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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