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value is set to by default, which disables it.
0
• — Specifies (in milliseconds) how long to wait before enabling a link. The value
updelay=
must be a multiple of the value specified in the
default, which disables it.
• — Specifies (in milliseconds) how often ARP monitoring occurs.
arp_interval=
If using this setting while in
must be configured to distribute packets evenly across the NICs. For more information on
how to accomplish this, refer to
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-<kernel-version>/Documentation/networking/
bonding.txt
The value is set to
0
• — Specifies the target IP address of ARP requests when the
arp_ip_target=
parameter is enabled. Up to 16 IP addresses can be specified in a comma separated list.
• — Specifies the interface name, such as
primary=
device is the first of the bonding interfaces to be used and is not abandoned unless it fails.
This setting is particularly useful when one NIC in the bonding interface is faster and,
therefore, able to handle a bigger load.
This setting is only valid when the bonding interface is in active-backup mode. Refer to
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-<kernel-version>/Documentation/networking/
bonding.txt
for more information.
• — Specifies an integer value for the type of multicast support desired.
multicast=
Acceptable values for this parameter are:
— Disables multicast support.
0
— Enables multicast support, but only on the active slave.
1
— Enables multicast support on all slaves (the default).
2
Important
It is essential that either the
parameters are specified. Failure to due so can cause degradation of network
performance in the event a link fails.
Refer to the following file for more information (note that you must have the
or (the two load-balancing modes), the network switch
mode0 2
by default, which disables it.
arp_interval
The Channel Bonding Module
parameter. The value is set to
miimon
, of the primary device. The
eth0
and
arp_ip_target
by
0
arp_interval
primary
or
miimon
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