recently, we needed to configure channel bonding on vlans.
the internet did not supply us with infos, so we did it as a best-effort.
This is a howto for debian etch, but should also work on ubuntu 7.x+:
goal: several vlan-interfaces on top of a bonding trunk
first step: create the bonding config
- in /etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
#auto bond0iface bond0 inet manualpre-up ip link set bond0 upup ifenslave bond0 eth0up ifenslave bond0 eth1post-down ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1post-down modprobe -r bond0
second step: define the logical network link (repeat as to your needs)
- in /etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
auto bond0.911 allow-hotplug bond0.911 iface bond0.911 inet staticaddress 10.20.50.18netmask 255.255.255.192network 10.20.50.0broadcast 10.20.50.63gateway 10.20.50.2pre-up /etc/network/bondingstate UP bond0 911post-down /etc/network/bondingstate DOWN bond0 911
third step: glue them together
- in /etc/network/bondingstate:
Code:
# Script /etc/network/bondingstate# wird aufgerufen aus /etc/network/interfaces# 04.09.2007, no copyright# # Variablen setzenset -xCHANGE_STATE=$1TRUNK=$2VLANID=$3case $CHANGE_STATE in UP) #egrep "$TRUNK" /etc/network/run/ifstate >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ ! -f /proc/net/bonding/$TRUNK ] ; then ifup $TRUNK if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then exit 1 fi fi vconfig add $TRUNK $VLANID ;; DOWN) vconfig rem $TRUNK.$VLANID egrep "$TRUNK\.[0-9]+" /etc/network/run/ifstate >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then if [ -z "$VLANID" ] ; then exit 0 else ifdown $TRUNK fi fi ;;esac
What happens:
'auto bond0.911' starts setting up the interface.
'pre-up' calls bondingstate
bondingstate tests whether the bonding module is loaded,
then starts bonding, if need be.
'iface bond0' enslaves the physical NICs, then returns success
bondingstate adds the given vlan ID and returns success
'auto bond0.911' configures IP-addresses and returns success
Configuring additional links is but a copy of 'bond0.911'
On shutdown, 'post-down /etc/network/bondingstate DOWN bond0 911'
calls bondingstate, which in turn checks in /etc/network/run/ifstate
whether this is the last vlan interface and if so, shuts down bond0
bond0's post-down then will remove the kernel module
There might be routing issues. Beware of the order in /etc/network/interfaces.
Hope this might be helpful for anyone, anytime
Have fun,
your swiss telekom hackers
best before end: 09/2007