Introduction; Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter XV. Offload Bonding

Introduction

The Chelsio Offload bonding driver provides a method to aggregate multiple network interfaces
into a single logical bonded interface effectively combining the bandwidth into a single connection.
It also provides redundancy in case one of link fails.
The traffic running over the bonded interface can be fully offloaded to the adapter, thus freeing
the CPU from TCP/IP overhead.
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio adapters that are compatible with the Chelsio
Offload Bonding driver:
T62100-CR
T62100-LP-CR
T6425-CR
T6225-CR
T6225-LL-CR
T580-CR
T580-LP-CR
T540-CR
T540-BT
T520-CR
T520-LL-CR
T520-BT
T420-CR
T440-CR
T422-CR
T420-SO-CR
T404-BT
T420-BCH
T440-LP-CR
T420-BT
T420-LL-CR
T420-CX
1.2.

Software Requirements

Linux Requirements
Currently the Offload Bonding driver is available for the following versions:
Chelsio Unified Wire for Linux 236