6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter
Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment
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arp_ip_target IP address Specifies the IP addresses to
use as ARP monitoring peers
when arp_interval is > 0.
These are the targets of the
ARP request that are sent to
determine the health of the
link to the targets.
None Up to 16 IP addresses
(comma separated)
downdelay milliseconds Specifies the time to wait
before disabling a slave after
a link failure has been
detected. This option is valid
only for the miimon link moni-
tor. The downdelay value
should be a multiple of the mii-
mon value; if not, it will be
rounded down to the nearest
multiple
0 32767
updelay milliseconds Specifies the time to wait
before enabling a slave after a
link recovery has been
detected. This option is valid
only for the miimon link moni-
tor. The updelay value should
be a multiple of the miimon
value; if not, it will be rounded
down to the nearest multiple.
0 32767
max_bonds Integer Specifies the number of bond-
ing devices to create for this
instance of the bonding driver.
For example, if max_bonds is
3, and the bonding driver is
not already loaded, then
bond0, bond1 and bond2 are
created.
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Table 6-4. Linux Bonding Driver Parameters (Continued)
Parameter
Name
Unit Description
Default
Value
Allowed Values