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3.12 Setting Up VLANs
VLANs offer a method of dividing one physical network into multiple broadcast
domains. In enterprise networks, these broadcast domains usually match with IP
subnet boundaries, so that each subnet has its own VLAN. The advantages of VLANs
include:
• Performance
• Ease of management
• Security
• Trunks
• You don't have to configure any hardware device, when physically moving your
server to another location.
To set up VLANs, consult the following documentation:
• To configure VLANs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, see:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3864609
• To configure tagged VLAN traffic only on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see:
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC ‐ 8062
• To configure mixed VLAN tagged and untagged traffic on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, see:
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC ‐ 8064
3.13 Setting Up Teams
Teaming network adapters (network bonding) allows a number of physical adapters
to act as one, virtual adapter. Teaming network interfaces, from the same adapter
or from multiple adapters, creates a single virtual interface with a single MAC
address.
The virtual adapter or virtual interface can assist in load balancing and providing
failover in the event of physical adapter or port failure.
Teaming configuration support provided by the Linux bonding driver includes:
• 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation
• Static link aggregation
• Fault Tolerant
To set up an adapter team, consult the following documentation:
• General:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
• RHEL 5: