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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/bonding.rst b/docs/interfaces/bonding.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d865eb78 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/interfaces/bonding.rst @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +Bonding +------- + +You can combine (aggregate) 2 or more physical interfaces into a single +logical one. It's called bonding, or LAG, or ether-channel, or port-channel. + +Create interface bondX, where X is just a number: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set interfaces bonding bond0 description 'my-sw1 int 23 and 24' + +You are able to choose a hash policy: + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos# set interfaces bonding bond0 hash-policy + Possible completions: + layer2 use MAC addresses to generate the hash (802.3ad) + layer2+3 combine MAC address and IP address to make hash + layer3+4 combine IP address and port to make hash + +For example: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set interfaces bonding bond0 hash-policy 'layer2' + +You may want to set IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation (802.3ad) AKA LACP +(don't forget to setup it on the other end of these links): + +.. code-block:: sh + + set interfaces bonding bond0 mode '802.3ad' + +or some other modes: + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos# set interfaces bonding bond0 mode + Possible completions: + 802.3ad IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation (Default) + active-backup + Fault tolerant: only one slave in the bond is active + broadcast Fault tolerant: transmits everything on all slave interfaces + round-robin Load balance: transmit packets in sequential order + transmit-load-balance + Load balance: adapts based on transmit load and speed + adaptive-load-balance + Load balance: adapts based on transmit and receive plus ARP + xor-hash Load balance: distribute based on MAC address + +Now bond some physical interfaces into bond0: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set interfaces ethernet eth0 bond-group 'bond0' + set interfaces ethernet eth0 description 'member of bond0' + set interfaces ethernet eth1 bond-group 'bond0' + set interfaces ethernet eth1 description 'member of bond0' + +After a commit you may treat bond0 as almost a physical interface (you can't +change its` duplex, for example) and assign IPs or VIFs on it. + +You may check the result: + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos# run sh interfaces bonding + Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down + Interface IP Address S/L Description + --------- ---------- --- ----------- + bond0 - u/u my-sw1 int 23 and 24 + bond0.10 192.168.0.1/24 u/u office-net + bond0.100 10.10.10.1/24 u/u management-net |