Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 08:30:33PM CET, ja...@redhat.com wrote: >This comes from an end-user request, where they're running multiple VMs on >hosts with bonded interfaces connected to some interest switch topologies, >where 802.3ad isn't an option. They're currently running a proprietary >solution that effectively achieves load-balancing of VMs and bandwidth >utilization improvements with a similar form of transmission algorithm. > >Basically, each VM has it's own vlan, so it always sends its traffic out >the same interface, unless that interface fails. Traffic gets split >between the interfaces, maintaining a consistent path, with failover still >available if an interface goes down. > >This has been rudimetarily tested to provide similar results, suitable for >them to use to move off their current proprietary solution. > >Still on the TODO list, if these even looks sane to begin with, is >fleshing out Documentation/networking/bonding.rst.
Jarod, did you consider using team driver instead ? :)
