Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 bonding, bond vs bridge

[George Shuklin <george.shuklin@xxxxxxxxx>]

XCP by default use OpenVSwitch, which capable to provide bonding.

bridge (xenbrX) is placed between bonding and virtual interfaces.

On 27.12.2012 21:30, Alexandre Kouznetsov wrote:
> Hello again.
>
> (this is a related to
> http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-12/msg00147.html )
>
> After I have create a test bond from XenCenter, I have noticed that 
> what was actually created on the host is not a "bond" (as described in 
> http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt ), but 
> a bridge. This is confusing, I was expecting something like a 802.3ad 
> interface, that would need cooperation from the the switch (group 
> ports into a LAG).
> I guess I'm missing something. Is there some layer behind this bridge, 
> that makes it act like a bond? Does it need any special configuration 
> at switch's side?
> Why do they call "bond" a bridge, anyway? Surely there is a good 
> reason, but I'm curious which is.
> Greetings.
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