Creating A Bond - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer/GuardianOS 7.5 Administrator's Guide

Creating a Bond

On a SnapServer with two or more Ethernet ports, a network bond can be created:
1. At the TCP/IP Networking page, click Create Bond .
2. Using the Bond Type drop-down list, select a bonding type:
• Load Balance (ALB) – enables all selected ports to share the network load.
• Failover – enables other selected ports to automatically take over the connection if
• Switch Trunking or Link Aggregation (802.3ad) – use either of these two options to
Ports not joined to a bond are configured as Standalone and have separate interfaces
(one IP address per port).
3. Select the ports you want to include in the bond from the Ports not in Bond n column
and use the Add button to move them to the Ports in Bond n column.
4. Click Create Bond .
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the primary port fails. Only one port is active at any given time.
group multiple Ethernet ports into one logical Ethernet port for high speed and fault
tolerance.
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