Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 bonding, 2 or 4 NICs

[Rob Hoes <Rob.Hoes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alexandre,

It should be possible to create bonds of 4 NICs in the newest version of 
XenCenter (the one that comes with XenServer 6.1). Are you using that version?

The CLI does not have a limit on the number of NICs in a bond, so you can 
indeed use that if XenCenter does not work.

Cheers,
Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Alexandre Kouznetsov
> Sent: 27 December 2012 5:18 PM
> To: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6 bonding, 2 or 4 NICs
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I'm planning the configuration for a small XCP 1.6 cluster. On of the
> requirements is high throughput between the nodes, so I'm planning to
> bond up to 4 physical 1Gbps NIC's together. After playing around a little bit 
> an
> studying documentation a few questions have arised.
> 
> (I think I better split this into several messages)
> 
> XenCenter allows me to create "bond" networks, but only with 2 interfaces,
> while XCP 1.6 Release Notes mentions that it allows up to 4 NICs to be used
> in an active-active bond. Is it a XenCenter's limitation, and in my case the
> bond of 4 NIC's shall be created from CLI? Or XenCenter should normally
> allow me to bond 4 NICs if the Xen Host supports it, meaning that something
> is wrong with my setup?
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> --
> Alexandre Kouznetsov
> 
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