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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 688dfe1e6b70..5ede7473b425 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g., The parameters are as follows: +ad_select + + Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The + possible values and their effects are: + + stable or 0 + + The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate + bandwidth. + + Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all + slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active + aggregator has no slaves. + + This is the default value. + + bandwidth or 1 + + The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate + bandwidth. Reselection occurs if: + + - A slave is added to or removed from the bond + + - Any slave's link state changes + + - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes + + - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up + + count or 2 + + The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of + ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the + "bandwidth" setting, above. + + The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of + 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator + occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability + (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times. + + This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0. + arp_interval Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. @@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for bonding version 3.3.0. +num_unsol_na + + Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements + to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued + immediately after the failover. + + The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option + affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for + bonding version 3.4.0. + primary A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the @@ -922,17 +974,19 @@ USERCTL=no NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration. For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora -7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and, -indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0 +7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, +and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0 file, e.g. a line of the format: -BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254" +BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254" will configure the bond with the specified options. The options specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters -except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a -separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be -added to the list of queried targets, e.g., +except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older +than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When +using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and +should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of +queried targets, e.g., arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2 @@ -940,7 +994,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g., options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf. - For older versions of initscripts that do not support + For even older versions of initscripts that do not support BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The |