From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Aulbert Subject: Channel bonding with e1000 Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:36:26 +0200 Message-ID: <48C0EF8A.9070103@aei.mpg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from welcomes-you.com ([85.214.50.128]:47768 "EHLO smtp.welcomes-you.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751105AbYIEJIE (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:08:04 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, I have a brief problem and would ask for a little assistance: On a few data servers we intend to do channel bonding. The boxes have two NICs on the motherboard and two extra ones on an expansion card: 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB DPT LAN Controller Copper (rev 01) 04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB DPT LAN Controller Copper (rev 01) 05:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 05:02.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) My simple question would be: Does it matter which two ports I can use to channel together when using in a set-up with MTU=9000? Thanks for a brief answer Carsten -- Dr. Carsten Aulbert - Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Callinstrasse 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 511 762-17185 / -17193 http://www.top500.org/system/9234 | http://www.top500.org/connfam/6/list/31