On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Mohler, Jeff wrote:
I created me a vif interface made up of four 100Mb Ethernet interfaces.
Seems to kick butt..again, too easy.
Same here; the setup was amazingly easy. Thanks, NetApp!
We even booted the filer once with 3/4 links, and it had no issues. Clicked the fourth cable in tight, and the filer detected and started using it within seconds. Kewl.
Our networking dude said the switch won't *evenly* load balance between all four trunks when I asked the same question of him the night we created the vif. Since I don't know squat about that, I just have to believe him.
Here's our output, for comparison. Seems to be a little more evenly distributed than yours, but e3a takes the lead by far.
bat> netstat -i Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue e0* 1500 none none 0 0 0 0 0 0 e3a 1500 144.212 bat 935492178 17 1070359540 268973 0 0 e3b 1500 144.212 bat 712967233 17 800877896 233521 0 0 e3c 1500 144.212 bat 527507321 2 669191765 212388 0 0 e3d 1500 144.212 bat 522712811 89 672437298 201463 0 0 lo 1536 127 localhost 30198 0 30198 0 0 0
Until next time...
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