two or four interfaces. The system supports two 10GbE/10GBase-T interfaces in a bond and two
1GbE interfaces in a bond. No additional network switch configuration is required.
• Link aggregation (802.3ad) – Link aggregation bonds provide a single logical interface with the sum of
the bandwidth of the physical network interfaces. Link aggregation bonds can only be created between
two or more interfaces that have the same speed. All the network switches involved with the 802.3ad
bond must have the bonded ports connected to the same backplane. More network switch
configuration is required. The system supports a maximum of two 10GbE/10GBase-T interfaces or
four 1GbE interfaces in the same bond.
Bonded interfaces for supported controller configurations
The following sections illustrate bonding set up for each supported controller configuration.
Figure 17: Controller with no option card
1. Built-in 1G ports
The two built-in 1G ports are bonded and share IPv4 address settings in the same subnet.
Controller with a 1G GbE card
1. Option card 1G ports
2. Built-in 1G ports
All four 1G ports are bonded and share IPv4 address settings in the same subnet.
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