## Install ifenslave
sudo apt-get install ifenslave-2.6
## add bonding module
sudo vi /etc/modules
kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
loop
lp
rtc
bonding
## Stop network to load bonding module
/etc/init.d/networking stop
## Load bonding module
sudo modprobe bonding
## Edit interfaces file and add as you required
vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
bond-mode balance-rr
bond-miimon 100
bond-downdelay 200
bond-updelay 200
bond-slaves eth1 eth2
## Create bonding.conf file and add two lines below
vi /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
alias bond0 bonding
options bonding mode=0 downdelay=200 updelay=200
## Start network
/etc/init.d/networking start
## To verify bond working
cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.7.1 (April 27, 2011)
Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin)
MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
Up Delay (ms): 200
Down Delay (ms): 200
Slave Interface: eth2
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: e0:69:95:ab:2c:54
Slave queue ID: 0
Slave Interface: eth1
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 90:f6:52:03:49:7e
Slave queue ID: 0
- ## Descriptions of bonding modes
- Mode 0
balance-rr
Round-robin
policy: Transmit packets in sequential order from the first available
slave through the last. This mode provides load balancing and fault
tolerance.
- Mode 1
active-backup
Active-backup
policy: Only one slave in the bond is active. A different slave becomes
active if, and only if, the active slave fails. The bond's MAC address
is externally visible on only one port (network adapter) to avoid
confusing the switch. This mode provides fault tolerance. The primary
option affects the behavior of this mode.
- Mode 2
balance-xor
XOR
policy: Transmit based on [(source MAC address XOR'd with destination
MAC address) modulo slave count]. This selects the same slave for each
destination MAC address. This mode provides load balancing and fault
tolerance.
- Mode 3
broadcast
Broadcast policy: transmits everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance.
- Mode 4
802.3ad
IEEE
802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Creates aggregation groups that share
the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all slaves in the active
aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification.
Prerequisites:
- Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave.
- A
switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Most
switches will require some type of configuration to enable 802.3ad mode.
- Mode 5
balance-tlb
Adaptive
transmit load balancing: channel bonding that does not require any
special switch support. The outgoing traffic is distributed according to
the current load (computed relative to the speed) on each slave.
Incoming traffic is received by the current slave. If the receiving
slave fails, another slave takes over the MAC address of the failed
receiving slave.
Prerequisites:
- Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed of each slave.
- Mode 6
balance-alb
Adaptive
load balancing: includes balance-tlb plus receive load balancing (rlb)
for IPV4 traffic, and does not require any special switch support. The
receive load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation. The bonding
driver intercepts the ARP Replies sent by the local system on their way
out and overwrites the source hardware address with the unique hardware
address of one of the slaves in the bond such that different peers use
different hardware addresses for the server.