Let's talk about StoreVirtual Storage network bonding now.
First of all, why do we need network bonding? Essentially, to maintain stability, to increase performance and to load-balance we need some kind of mechanism which will ultimately
help us to achieve all what we said before.
Network bonds are configured by joining physical network interfaces in to a single logical interface and this logical interface will work as the master interface and respond to the way you configure it.
The physical interfaces which are part of Bonding will act as slave interfaces and respond to the instruction from the logical master interface.
In a StoreVirtual storage system, bonding can be configured in following ways,
Active-Passive - in this mode, bond is configured for fault tolerance. During configuration you can mention the preferred interface and communication will happen through that channel. When the
preferred interface fails, the passive interface will be used to maintain the communication and once the preferred interface comes back online, the communication resumes on that interface.
Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode - in this mode, the overall bandwidth will get increased and a fault tolerance mechanism will also get established. The bond interface uses both physical adapters/interfaces simultaneously and increases network bandwidth.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) - In this method, both interfaces will be used simultaneously to effectively balance the load. This also provides a localized fault tolerance.
Select the bonding method which is more accurate for your setup. As per HP, Adaptive Load Balancing is the recommended bonding method, as it combines the benefits of increased throughput and fault tolerance.
During the project, we had HP StoreVirtual 4730 storage platform and we have used 10GbE ports(NICSlot1:Port1 and NICSlot1:Port2)for creating network bonding and used it for iSCSI traffic.
Though you can mix and match the ports, the recommended way is to have identical interfaces in a bond configuration which will help you to configure bond in a better way. You should need a static IP for bond interface, make sure it is available with you before you start.
Before you start the configuration, ensure that all the network interfaces are enabled. Verify the parameters are same on physical interfaces which are going to be part of bond. changing individual interface properties are not possible after creating a bond.
To start a bond configuration, login to the StoreVirtual node and select network category.
First of all, why do we need network bonding? Essentially, to maintain stability, to increase performance and to load-balance we need some kind of mechanism which will ultimately
help us to achieve all what we said before.
Network bonds are configured by joining physical network interfaces in to a single logical interface and this logical interface will work as the master interface and respond to the way you configure it.
The physical interfaces which are part of Bonding will act as slave interfaces and respond to the instruction from the logical master interface.
In a StoreVirtual storage system, bonding can be configured in following ways,
Active-Passive - in this mode, bond is configured for fault tolerance. During configuration you can mention the preferred interface and communication will happen through that channel. When the
preferred interface fails, the passive interface will be used to maintain the communication and once the preferred interface comes back online, the communication resumes on that interface.
Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode - in this mode, the overall bandwidth will get increased and a fault tolerance mechanism will also get established. The bond interface uses both physical adapters/interfaces simultaneously and increases network bandwidth.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) - In this method, both interfaces will be used simultaneously to effectively balance the load. This also provides a localized fault tolerance.
Select the bonding method which is more accurate for your setup. As per HP, Adaptive Load Balancing is the recommended bonding method, as it combines the benefits of increased throughput and fault tolerance.
During the project, we had HP StoreVirtual 4730 storage platform and we have used 10GbE ports(NICSlot1:Port1 and NICSlot1:Port2)for creating network bonding and used it for iSCSI traffic.
Though you can mix and match the ports, the recommended way is to have identical interfaces in a bond configuration which will help you to configure bond in a better way. You should need a static IP for bond interface, make sure it is available with you before you start.
Before you start the configuration, ensure that all the network interfaces are enabled. Verify the parameters are same on physical interfaces which are going to be part of bond. changing individual interface properties are not possible after creating a bond.
To start a bond configuration, login to the StoreVirtual node and select network category.
Go to TCP/IP tab and check the status of the network interfaces which are supposed to be part of Bond configuration and enable the interface if it is disabled.
Select both interfaces which are to be configured as bond(in our case we have used 2*10GbE ports(NICSlot1:Port1 and NICSlot1:Port2) for this configuration. After selecting both interfaces, right click and select "New Bond"
Select the bond type(we are using ALB here!) according to your choice. Enter IP address, Subnet mask and default gateway(if any!). In Our case the bonded interface is meant for iSCSI communication. click OK once everything is complete.
Click OK to confirm the changes. After few seconds, the system may go out of the CMC(this is quite normal). If it goes out from the available systems, you may have to do a discovery and the node will get discovered.
Repeat the same bonding method for all the other nodes as it is recommended to complete the bonding configuration before adding the nodes to management group.
Happy Bonding!. :)
I am grateful to you on the grounds that your article is exceptionally useful for me to continue with my exploration in same region. Your cited illustrations are all that much significant to my exploration field.This is extraordinary! It really exhibits to me where to broaden my online diaryDell PowerVault LTO6 External Tape Drive
ReplyDelete