User guide

3–InfiniBand

Cluster Setup and Administration

IB Bonding

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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and 11

The following is an example for bond0 (master). The file is named

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0:

DEVICE="bond0"

TYPE="Bonding"

IPADDR="192.168.1.1"

NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

NETWORK="192.168.1.0"

BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"

BOOTPROTO="static"

USERCTL="no"

STARTMODE="onboot"

BONDING_MASTER="yes"

BONDING_MODULE_OPTS="mode=active-backup miimon=100

primary=ib0 updelay=0 downdelay=0"

BONDING_SLAVE0=ib0

BONDING_SLAVE1=ib1

MTU=65520

The following is an example for ib0 (slave). The file is named

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ib0:

DEVICE='ib0'

BOOTPROTO='none'

STARTMODE='off'

WIRELESS='no'

ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''

NAME=''

USERCONTROL='no'

IPOIB_MODE='connected'

The following is an example for ib1 (slave 2). The file is named

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ib1: