[ofa-general] Virtual interface over bonding interface?

[peter_selzner at web.de]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Or Gerlitz" <or.gerlitz at gmail.com>
> Gesendet: 09.08.07 23:21:58
> An: "Peter Selzner" <peter_selzner at web.de>
> CC: general at lists.openfabrics.org
> Betreff: Re: [ofa-general] Virtual interface over bonding interface?

On 8/9/07, Peter Selzner <peter_selzner at web.de> wrote:
>  
> is it passible to create a virtual interface over a bonding interface?
> 
> what is a "virtual interface"? do you mean to an alias?
Thanks for yours quick replay. 
Yes, i mean an alias.
> 
> We have created two bonding interfaces in this way:
> cat /etc/infiniband/openib.conf
> 
> ibbond0_IP=10.252.10.21
> ibbond0_SLAVES=ib0,ib1 <- default partition ffff
> 
> Now we need over the ibbond0 interface a virtual ibbond0:1 interface
> for oracle RAC Virtual-IP interface.
> 
> Is this possible and when yes how?
> 
> Assuming you want to create an alias for a bonding device and this is
> supported by the original bonding driver over Ethernet, I don't see a
> reason why it would not work with IPoIB, so you can just try it and let
> us know how it went...
You are right.
"ifconfig ibbond0:1 10.252.10.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" creates
an alias interface.
> 
> Or.
> 
Peter

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