Using Multiple Ethernet Cards; The Channel Bonding Module - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.5.0 Reference Manual

Appendix A. General Parameter...
Hardware
Digital 21x4x Tulip PCI
Ethernet cards SMC
EtherPower 10
PCI(8432T/8432BT) SMC
EtherPower 10/100
PCI(9332DST) DEC
EtherWorks 100/10
PCI(DE500-XA) DEC
EtherWorks 10 PCI(DE450)
DEC QSILVER's, Znyx 312
etherarray Allied Telesis
LA100PCI-T Danpex
EN-9400, Cogent EM110
VIA Rhine PCI Fast Ethernet
cards with either the VIA
VT86c100A Rhine-II PCI or
3043 Rhine-I D-Link
DFE-930-TX PCI 10/100
Table A.2. Ethernet Module Parameters

5.1. Using Multiple Ethernet Cards

It is possible to use multiple Ethernet cards on a single machine. For each card there must be
an and, possibly,
alias
For additional information about using multiple Ethernet cards, refer to the Linux
Ethernet-HOWTO online at
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html.

5.2. The Channel Bonding Module

Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows administrators to bind NICs together into a single channel
390
Module
tulip.ko
via-rhine.ko
lines for each card in
options
Parameters
buffer (0-1)
ioio_port
max_interrupt_work
Rhine maximum events
handled per interrupt
— VIA Rhine debug
debug
level (0-7)
rx_copybreak
copy breakpoint for
copy-only-tiny-frames
— Avoid power
avoid_D3
state D3 (work-around for
broken BIOSes)
/etc/modprobe.conf
— VIA
— VIA Rhine
.