[SOLVED] HP c7000 networking question

bradvan · 10-03-2013, 07:56 AM

I'm trying to figure out how nic bonding will work in the following scenario:

All servers are running RHEL 6.4
All servers are BL460c
Switches in interconnect bays 1 & 2 are GbE2c

If I bond eth0 and eth1 on the server in blade slot 5 and do the same on the server in blade slot 6, how is that going to work? That is eth0 is going to the switch in ICB1 and eth1 is going to the switch in ICB2. How will the switches know that they are in a bond? I don't have the cross-links enabled. If I do that, will logging in to the first switch then allow me to bond port 5 on both switches?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

bradvan · 10-03-2013, 12:06 PM

I just had an exchange with an HP engineer. This won't work because the GbE2c's can't work as a single logical switch. I have some 1/10Gb-F switches I was going to put in the chassis in place of the GbE2c's. That should work since the 1/10Gb-F can work as a single logical switch.

Thanks for looking!