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5 If a blade enclosure is used, disable FlexAddress in the blade enclosure.
6 Repeat this process for each network adapter in the cache network.
NOTE: Make sure that all RoCE network adapters used by the Fluid Cache network are dedicated to the
cache network and are not configured for any other network traffic.
Bonding Network Adapter Ports
Fluid Cache supports port bonding in active/passive mode (also called active/backup or master/slave).
Before implementing bonding on your network adapters, make sure that your cache network switches and
cabling are correctly configured for bonding. For an example of a system cabled for port bonding, see
Example Cabling Diagram.
NOTE: It is recommended that port bonding be used in configurations with redundant, uplinked cache
network switches.
The following example describes configuring port bonding on an RHEL system using Dell Networking
switches. For non-Dell Networking switches refer to the documentation specific to that networking switch.
1 Configure a virtual interface to be used as a bonded port (in this example, bond0) by running the
following command:
vi /etc/modprobe.d/bond0.conf
2 In the configuration file, edit the parameters as follows:
alias netdev-bond0 bonding
3 Open the configuration file for the bonded port by running the following commands:
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
vi ifcfg-bond0
4 Edit the parameters in the configuration file as given in the example here:
DEVICE="bond0"
BOOTPROTO="static"
ONBOOT="yes"
IPADDR="<
ip address of the network adapter>"
NETMASK="<netmask of the cache network>"
NAME="bond0"
BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 fail_over_mac=1 miimon=100 downdelay=300 updelay=300"
NOTE: In the BONDING_OPTS line, the values for mode and fail_over_mac must be set exactly as
shown in the example.
5 Configure an interface for use on the bonded port by running the following command:
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface name>
NOTE: For the names of the interfaces on your server used by Fluid Cache, run the command: ip
addr. The names of the network interfaces used by Fluid Cache are often in the format pXpY (for
example,
p6p2), but may be in the format ethX, emX, or other formats, depending on your operating
system.
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