[CentOS] Interface bonding?

Wed Apr 9 23:26:21 UTC 2008
Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at ActiveNetwerx.com>

>I'm try to bond a few interfaces together with the hopes of getting
>increased throughput, and I'm using a cisco Catalyst 2900 as the switch.
>I've tried using mode 0, 5, and 6 with nothing special on the switch,
>and mode 4 with some ports "trunked" together (I have a feeling that the
>"trunking" that the 2900 does is not 802.3ad, as it disabled the ports
>it saw as redundant), yet xfer speeds always cap out at about 10MB/s.
>
>Has any body accomplished bonding with increased throughput as the goal,
>with or without (without might be preferable) doing something special on the switch (preferably the
>afore-mentioned Catalyst 2900, as that is what I have to work with as a
>non-sactioned side-project ;)?
>
>
>--Tim

I just did this with an HP switch, it was obviously easier:) Have a look here:
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

Some good info.

HTH,
jlc