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=== Create a bonded connection ===
=== Create a bonded connection ===
See more on [[Link Aggregation]].
To bond two network interfaces:
To bond two network interfaces:
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Revision as of 01:48, 8 February 2022

Open vSwitch is widely used as a virtual switch in infrastructure as a service type environments.

Installation

CentOS 8

# yum install http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/extras/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-nfv-openvswitch-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/extras/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-nfv-common-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm
# yum install openvswitch-2.13

Tasks

Create a bonded connection

See more on Link Aggregation.

To bond two network interfaces:

# ovs-vsctl add-bond nic0 bond0 eth0 eth1 bond_mode=balance-tcp lacp=active

## If your bonded connection uses VLANs, you can then set it by adjusting the port:
# ovs-vsctl set port nic0 vlan_mode=native-untagged trunks=417,418,450-950,3209