HP storevirtual 3200 User Manual page 38

Using bonded interfaces provides the following benefits:
• Helps prevent routing issues.
• Distributes the outbound network traffic across all of the physical interfaces.
When planning your network configuration, consider the following to ensure that bonding will be set up
correctly:
• All physical interfaces on the same controller and subnet must be bonded to create a single logical
interface.
• Only interfaces on the same controller are bonded. There is no bonding between controllers.
• Bonds can be created between two or four interfaces that have the same speed. There is a maximum of
two 10GbE/10GBase-T interfaces or four 1GbE interfaces in the same bond.
• A bonded interface requires a static IP address; you cannot use a DHCP address.
• When the bond is broken, the IP address used for the bond cannot be on the same physical interface as
the DHCP reservation.
• Symmetric ports of the same type can share a subnet mask across Controllers 1 and 2.
Information needed for Configuration Setup
Configuration Setup includes setting up bonded interfaces. Collect the following information and have it
available when you begin the process.
• Bond type
• For each controller, static IP addresses that are available on the network: two for iSCSI, one for Fibre
Channel per bond
• Subnet mask
Bond types
The following types of bonding are supported with the HPE StoreVirtual 3200 Storage System:
• ALB (default) – Can only be created between two or four interfaces that have the same speed. No
additional network switch configuration is required. There can be a maximum of two 10GbE/10GBase-T
interfaces or four 1GbE interfaces in the same bond.
• Active-Passive – Can only be created between two or four interfaces that have the same speed. The
system supports two 10GbE/10GBase-T interfaces in a bond and two 1GbE interfaces in a bond. No
additional network switch configuration is required.
• 802.3ad – Can only be created between two or more interfaces that have the same speed. All of the
network switches involved with the 802.3ad bond must have the bonded ports connected to the same
backplane. More network switch configuration is required. The system supports a maximum of two 10GbE/
10GBase-T interfaces or four 1GbE interfaces in the same bond.
Bonded interfaces for supported controller configurations
The following sections illustrate bonding set up for each supported controller configuration.
Figure 21: Controller with no option card
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