VERITAS NetBackup 5330 Configuration Manual page 32

Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 5330 appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
Create Bond data entry fields
Network Interface
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Click on the drop-down box and select the ethernet NIC port to use for a network
connection.
Bond Mode
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Click on the drop-down box and select the bond mode to use for the NIC ports that
you want to bond.
Bonding lets you combine (aggregate) multiple network interfaces into a single
logical "bonded" interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon
the mode. The default bond mode is balance-alb.
The available bonding modes from the drop-down list are as follows:
balance-rr
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active-backup
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balance-xor
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broadcast
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802.3ad
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balance-tlb
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balance-alb
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Some bond modes require additional configuration on the switch or the router. You
should take additional care when you select a bond mode.
For more information about bond modes, see the following documentation:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
After you have entered the appropriate data into all fields, you must click + to add
and immediately plumb the selected network interface. To configure bonding, you
must select multiple interfaces from the Bond Mode drop-down box. For IPv6
addresses, enter 64 as the Subnet Mask.
IP Address
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Enter the IP address for this appliance server.
Subnet Mask
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Enter the network address that identifies the IP address for this appliance server.
After you have entered the appropriate data into all fields, click + to save and add
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the bond settings.
If required for your environment, enter the appropriate Tag VLAN information
as follows:
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