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Chapter 2 NAS Head 2-107
Any type of switch may be used for High Availability port bonding. Each NIC can
be connected to a separate switch, and the switch hardware need not be similar. The
only requirement is that all switches used for the HA bond are connected to the
same subnet.
How do I set up port aggregation?
1. Access the StorEdge via Telnet or serial console.
2. Press [Enter] at the [menu] prompt and enter the administrator password.
3. Select option “A”, “Host Name & Network” under the configuration section.
4. Select option “3”, “Manage bond”.
5. Select option “1”, “Create”.
6. In the type field enter a “0” for PA Port aggregation or a “1” for HA High
Availability.
7. Fill in the IP, Netmask and Broadcast parameters for your Network.
8. Select a slave NIC (the NIC card in the system that you want to bond to).
9. Answer “Yes” to “Create bond with the above configuration?”.
How do I disable port aggregation?
If you wish to disable port aggregation, or if an aborted attempt was made to install
port aggregation, it should be disabled on the system. This will prevent future NIC
card configuration issues from occurring.
Disable port aggregation at the StorEdge CLI (command line interface).
To disable port aggregation, proceed as follows:
1. To access the StorEdge CLI, connect to the StorEdge via Telnet or serial console.
2. Type “admin” at the [menu] prompt and enter the administrator password.
3. At the CLI, enter “set bonding.enable no”. Please note that all variable names and
values are case sensitive.
4. After setting any variables on the StorEdge, i.e. anytime the “set” command is
used, the command "savevars" must be entered at the command line in order for
the settings to persist though future server reboots.