[plug] plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 10
Paul Del
p at delfante.it
Mon Nov 17 12:40:35 UTC 2014
Hey Craig and guys
Thanks for pointing that out. that gives me a much better understanding of
the uses.
At least now I won't lead myself down the garden path
I was also toying with the idea of 10Gb/s Ethernet ;)
I will reply to Brad's email later.
Appreciate it
Thanks Paul
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> 3. Re: plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9 (Craig Foster)
> 4. Re: Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup
> (Brad Campbell)
> 5. gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Del)
> 6. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Brad Campbell)
> 7. Re: broken box(still) (David Dartnall)
> 8. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Dean)
> 9. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Will Dowling)
> 10. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Andrew Cooks)
> 11. Re: broken box(still) (Paul Del)
> 12. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Del)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:55:54 +0800
> From: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>
> To: PLUG mailing list <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9
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> Hey
> I will answer both emails together
>
> When I unplug one of the cables on the intel eepro 1000 dual card, the
> interfaces don't come back up
> depending on which one I unplug sometimes both of the interfaces didn't
> come back on line, have to do networking restart
> when I use balance-rr or active-backup mode
>
> I had disabled the onboard realtek card after the first email. So its a
> dual gige intel eepro 1000 mt pci-e card
> Basically I just want greater network throughput on my lan
> I would be happy using balance-tlb or balance-alb but my tp link sg3424
> supports 802.3ad
>
> As I was saying to Hani I have tried to follow both of these howto's
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html
>
> http://www.unixmen.com/linux-basics-create-network-bonding-debian-7-ubuntu-13-10/
>
>
> I did not set any LACP options on the NIC or switch. I did try LAG on the
> switch(tp link's port bonding)
> I did not set switch link protocol agg either
> (Firstly I was trying basic set up with balance-rr and active-backup to see
> if I could get bond0 to work before doing switch configuration)
>
> No I did not set bond-lacp-rate and bond-xmit-hash-policy. I assume that
> would go in /etc/network/interfaces?
>
> Am I right in assuming I only need to configure the switch with those above
> settings If I am only using 802.3ad?
> or are you saying regardless I should set LACP agg LAG and those other
> settings in the switch?
>
> Many thanks
> Paul
>
>
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:36:24 +0800
> > From: Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup
> > Message-ID: <20141115203624.47b5c160 at slab4.thecave.local>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Hey Paul,
> >
> > Sounds like networking is doing the right thing if you are removing both
> > cables from the bonded interfaces.
> >
> > The question I would be asking is; Does the bond re-establish when you
> > plug one or both back in?
> >
> > As for the 3rd on-board nic, when you say "confused" are you meaning no
> > traffic being passed, or something else?
> >
> > Are all 3 nic's Intel? and are they all using the same driver?
> >
> > As for RR or Backup, they have 2 different operations, what do you want
> to
> > achieve?
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul Dean.
> >
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:17:11 +0800
> > From: Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup
> > Message-ID: <20141116181711.4e26fbc0 at slab4.thecave.local>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Did you set the LACP options for your bond0? ie `bond-lacp-rate` and
> > `bond-xmit-hash-policy`
> >
> > Also maybe check the switch link agg protocol, make sure its LACP and not
> > something else the TP wants to use.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul Dean.
> >
> > "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:58:03 +0800
> > Paul Del <p at delfante.it> wrote:
> >
> > >Hey Hani
> > >
> > >Thanks for your reply
> > >
> > >What I'm firstly trying to achieve is greater network throughput in my
> LAN
> > >for data transfer to from my NAS's
> > >From what I have read for modes balance-rr balance-tlb or balance-alb
> > >doesn't require switch support?
> > >But I am happy to do 802.3ad as my switch supports it
> > >
> > >what I have is
> > >in my debian 7.0 64bit pc I am running 1x intel pro 1000 mt pci-e but
> have
> > >ordered a PT model
> > >I have 2x netgear readynas pro's both with bonding enabled also
> > >also running this all through a tp link sg3424 which supports LAG
> > >
> > >my problem is I don't seem to be able to get the 2x intel pro 1000 ports
> > to
> > >be bonded properly
> > >I was using ifenslave on debian 64bit
> > >although messages, ifconfig bond0 /proc seems to show fine
> > >I have turned on LAG support in the tp link switch for those ports but
> > >doesn't seem to help
> > >since then I have disabled the on board nic just to be sure
> > >mostly been following this
> > >
> >
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html
> > >
> > >(bonding in Linux is new to me so I may of made a mistake)
> > >
> > >Thanks Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Hani Jabr <hani at nuix.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Paul,
> > >>
> > >> What are you hoping to achieve with that setup - greater speed or
> > greater
> > >> resilience? Also, what kind of kit are you plugged in to and is it
> > >> configured correctly?
> > >>
> > >> Hani
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 15 Nov 2014, at 18:13, Paul Del <p at delfante.it> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hey guys
> > >>
> > >> Any one had experience doing bonded ethernet on Debian
> > >> I have read a stack of Debian/Ubuntu/Red Hat Howtos and manuals
> > >>
> > >> *Specically balance-rr and or active-backup mode
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html
> > >>
> > >> I am using two interfaces on an Intel dual gigabit nic pci-e card
> > 82571EB
> > >>
> > >> A couple of things:
> > >>
> > >> my on board Ethernet(the one eth0 I'm not bonding) seems to get
> confused
> > >> with the bonded ones on the Intel pci-e card eth1 and eth2
> > >>
> > >> I have tried both balance-rr and active-backup mode and when I unplug
> a
> > >> network cable both interfaces on bond0 seem to go down of line(then I
> do
> > >> /etc/init.d/networking restart
> > >>
> > >> modprobe looks fine, kernel messages are shown in /var/log/messages
> and
> > I
> > >> can see the state changes in /proc/net/bonding/bond0
> > >>
> > >> Also I have set up /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf and
> > >> /etc/network/interfaces with the same modes
> > >>
> > >> I might be missing something obvious or not correct
> > >>
> > >> Any help or comments would be helpful.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers Paul
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul Dean.
> >
> > "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
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> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:05:19 +0800
> From: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>
> To: PLUG mailing list <plug at plug.org.au>, darts at dialix.com.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] broken box(still)
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> Hey
>
> As per all the other replies from the list, I agree
> gigabit pci or pci-e network cards or wireless are cheap these days
>
> If you are using Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 just steer clear from that realtek
> 8111/8168 unless you want to manually install the driver
>
> If you really want I have stacks of network cards here, If you drive to
> Willetton I will give you a card for free(and test that it works)
>
> Cheers Paul
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> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:14:02 +0000
> From: Craig Foster <craig at fostware.net>
> To: PLUG mailing list <plug at plug.org.au>
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> >From: plug [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of Paul Del
> >Sent: Sunday, 16 November 2014 10:56 PM
> >To: PLUG mailing list
> >Subject: Re: [plug] plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9
>
> <snip>
> >So its a dual gige intel eepro 1000 mt pci-e card
> >Basically I just want greater network throughput on my lan
> <snip>
>
> Per machine, you're still limited to 1Gb/s. LAG, ALB, LACP all pick one
> NIC to talk to a device at a time, and alter that on availability or load.
> There is a chance the port selection in LAG could put both the
> client-server and server-storage traffic on the same NIC, effectively
> halving throughput.
> http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2490
>
> If you have only one machine that requires full speed access to the
> ReadyNAS Pro's, you could set up a separate subnet for data traffic only.
> Basically dedicate a NIC on each NAS and the Linux box to say 172.16
> addresses (if you're not using that already) and then use the storage
> address to cifs/nfs mount the NAS in Linux.
>
> >I did not set any LACP options on the NIC or switch. I did try LAG on the
> switch (tp link's port bonding)
> >I did not set switch link protocol agg either
> >(Firstly I was trying basic set up with balance-rr and active-backup to
> see if I could get bond0 to work before doing switch configuration)
> <snip>
> >Am I right in assuming I only need to configure the switch with those
> above settings If I am only using 802.3ad?
> >or are you saying regardless I should set LACP agg LAG and those other
> settings in the switch?
>
> When hooking up LAG, I would specify LACP settings on each device so each
> device knows what it should be listening for. LACP generally isn't
> passively set across all ports on a switch. Much as you specified which
> interfaces are LAG members in Linux, the switch needs to know which port
> members should be aggregated.
>
> Also, I'd settle on 802.3ad LACP on every device where possible. Asking
> about LAG in a networking forum will generally result in a flurry of "what
> type?" and "on whose equipment?"
> I know RAIDiator 4.1x on the Pro does 802.3ad LACP, you say your switch
> does it, why not follow through and specify LACP on your Linux box?
>
> >Many thanks
> >Paul
> ?
> Regards,
>
> Craig Foster
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:03:33 +0800
> From: Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com>
> To: "plug at plug.org.au" <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup
> Message-ID: <54694965.2090308 at fnarfbargle.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>
> On 16/11/14 15:58, Paul Del wrote:
> > Hey Hani
> >
> > Thanks for your reply
> >
> > What I'm firstly trying to achieve is greater network throughput in my
> > LAN for data transfer to from my NAS's
> > From what I have read for modes balance-rr balance-tlb or balance-alb
> > doesn't require switch support?
> > But I am happy to do 802.3ad as my switch supports it
>
> None of the link aggregation algorithms that are switch supported will
> give you more than one ports capacity on a single connection. Balance-rr
> will do the job, but you really need to use it nic to nic directly. I
> have it set up here between a pair of Intel 4 port Nic's to get about
> 300 meg (I'm only using 3 ports) ssh or rsync connections but it is
> certainly point to point.
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:47:03 +0800
> From: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>
> To: PLUG mailing list <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> Hey guys
>
> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?
>
> My requirements are
> gigabit Ethernet
> 16x ports
> needs to be rack mount
> budget is $500 max
>
> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking
> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian
>
> I already have a tp link and linksys both managed switches
>
> Thanks cheers Paul Del
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:03:24 +0800
> From: Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com>
> To: "plug at plug.org.au" <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:
> > Hey guys
> >
> > Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?
> >
> > My requirements are
> > gigabit Ethernet
> > 16x ports
> > needs to be rack mount
> > budget is $500 max
> >
> > main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking
> > for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian
>
> You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If
> you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth
> then you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty
> clients and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will
> probably be ok.
>
> If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use
> something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with
> switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly
> point to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:09:52 +0800
> From: David Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au>
> To: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>, plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] broken box(still)
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:10:18 +0800
> From: Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> Hi,
>
> Mmm $500 probably won't cut it mate sorry, I done what you want to do, but
> that was with a L3 Cisco switch, 3750, and I guess we all know how much
> they go for.
>
> You could try and pick up a 2nd hand 2960S from iptrading or something
> like that, unless someone on the mailing list has one to flog.
>
> --
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:03:24 +0800
> Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com> wrote:
>
> >On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:
> >> Hey guys
> >>
> >> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?
> >>
> >> My requirements are
> >> gigabit Ethernet
> >> 16x ports
> >> needs to be rack mount
> >> budget is $500 max
> >>
> >> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking
> >> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian
> >
> >You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If
> you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth then
> you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty clients
> and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will probably be ok.
> >
> >If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use
> something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with
> switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly point
> to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.
> >_______________________________________________
> >PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
> >http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
> >Committee e-mail: committee at plug.org.au
> >PLUG Membership: http://www.plug.org.au/membership
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> --
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:19:32 +0800
> From: Will Dowling <will at autodeist.com>
> To: Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>, plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> I?ve had good experience with the GS108T which is an 8 port gigabit switch
> with VLAN and LACP support.
> Web interface is a bit dicky for PVC/VLAN assignment but otherwise ok.
>
> The equivalent 16 port model looks to be the GS716Tv3.
> Quick googling puts this in at the sub-$300 shipped.
>
>
> http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf
>
>
> Will Dowling
>
> T: +61 (0407) 421 559
> F: +61 (08) 6364 4881
> E: will at autodeist.com
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:39:17 +0800
> From: Andrew Cooks <acooks at gmail.com>
> To: Will Dowling <will at autodeist.com>
> Cc: Paul Dean <paul at thecave.ws>, "plug at plug.org.au" <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> I've used the GS716T for VLANs and QoS stuff and generally like it, but I
> haven't used it for LACP.
>
> There seems to be some conflicting info about whether it supports the mode
> that Paul needs (See http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=33552).
> Maybe earlier models had issues and it could be that they fixed it at some
> point.
>
> a.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Will Dowling <will at autodeist.com> wrote:
>
> > I?ve had good experience with the GS108T which is an 8 port gigabit
> switch
> > with VLAN and LACP support.
> > Web interface is a bit dicky for PVC/VLAN assignment but otherwise ok.
> >
> > The equivalent 16 port model looks to be the GS716Tv3.
> > Quick googling puts this in at the sub-$300 shipped.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf
> >
> >
> > Will Dowling
> >
> > T: +61 (0407) 421 559
> > F: +61 (08) 6364 4881
> > E: will at autodeist.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:49:28 +0800
> From: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>
> To: David Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au>
> Cc: PLUG mailing list <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] broken box(still)
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> Good to hear its now sorted.
>
> Can't hurt to know, at least you have more information now.
>
> Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM, David Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > On 16/11/14 23:05, Paul Del wrote:
> >
> > Hey
> >
> > As per all the other replies from the list, I agree
> > gigabit pci or pci-e network cards or wireless are cheap these days
> >
> > If you are using Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 just steer clear from that realtek
> > 8111/8168 unless you want to manually install the driver
> >
> > If you really want I have stacks of network cards here, If you drive to
> > Willetton I will give you a card for free(and test that it works)
> >
> > Cheers Paul
> >
> >
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> > Thank you Paul, even though the PC Doctor told me that it didn't see his
> > modem when I took it to him, as a last resort, I went out and bought a
> new
> > modem router this afternoon - works fine!
> >
> > So I apologise for wasting everybody's time over this - I was on the
> wrong
> > foot right from the beginning!
> >
> > Happy Christmas to all!
> >
> > Dave Dartnall
> >
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:55:57 +0800
> From: Paul Del <p at delfante.it>
> To: Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com>, PLUG mailing list
> <plug at plug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations
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> I kept it pretty simple because as long as it's faster than a single port I
> would be happy
> If I can get the speed of 2x gigabit ports that would be excellent
> I have the linksys and tp link switch, but would like to compare it to
> another brand for the trunking/bonding
>
> it's only really for use on my home office LAN with a few clients and 2x
> NAS boxes and they do bonding on dual gigabit ports also
>
> I saw the mode balance-rr and that was the first one I was trying
> I will just be going point to point also.
>
> thanks for the advice. I will test round robin mode and check the LACP
> options in my switch
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:
> >
> >> Hey guys
> >>
> >> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?
> >>
> >> My requirements are
> >> gigabit Ethernet
> >> 16x ports
> >> needs to be rack mount
> >> budget is $500 max
> >>
> >> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking
> >> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian
> >>
> >
> > You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If
> > you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth
> then
> > you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty clients
> > and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will probably be ok.
> >
> > If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use
> > something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with
> > switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly
> point
> > to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.
> >
>
>
>
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