Link Bonding Modes Overview
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-Currently the Link Bonding PMD library supports 4 modes of operation:
+Currently the Link Bonding PMD library supports following modes of operation:
* **Round-Robin (Mode 0):**
function and RSS key, used to set up its slaves. That let to define the meaning
of RSS configuration of bonding device as desired configuration of whole bonding
(as one unit), without pointing any of slave inside. It is required to ensure
-consistency and made it more errorproof.
+consistency and made it more error-proof.
RSS hash function set for bonding device, is a maximal set of RSS hash functions
supported by all bonded slaves. RETA size is a GCD of all its RETA's sizes, so
Link bonding devices can be created at application startup time using the
``--vdev`` EAL command line option. The device name must start with the
-eth_bond prefix followed by numbers or letters. The name must be unique for
+net_bonding prefix followed by numbers or letters. The name must be unique for
each device. Each device can have multiple options arranged in a comma
separated list. Multiple devices definitions can be arranged by calling the
``--vdev`` option multiple times.
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c f -n 4 --vdev 'eth_bond0,bond_opt0=..,bond opt1=..'--vdev 'eth_bond1,bond _opt0=..,bond_opt1=..'
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,bond_opt0=..,bond opt1=..'--vdev 'net_bonding1,bond _opt0=..,bond_opt1=..'
Link Bonding EAL Options
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There are multiple ways of definitions that can be assessed and combined as
long as the following two rules are respected:
-* A unique device name, in the format of eth_bondX is provided,
+* A unique device name, in the format of net_bondingX is provided,
where X can be any combination of numbers and/or letters,
and the name is no greater than 32 characters long.
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c '0xf' -n 4 --vdev 'eth_bond0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in round robin mode with two slaves specified by their PCI address and an overriding MAC address:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c '0xf' -n 4 --vdev 'eth_bond0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,mac=00:1e:67:1d:fd:1d' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,mac=00:1e:67:1d:fd:1d' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in active backup mode with two slaves specified, and a primary slave specified by their PCI addresses:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c '0xf' -n 4 --vdev 'eth_bond0,mode=1, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,primary=0000:00a:00.01' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=1, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,primary=0000:00a:00.01' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in balance mode with two slaves specified by their PCI addresses, and a transmission policy of layer 3 + 4 forwarding:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c '0xf' -n 4 --vdev 'eth_bond0,mode=2, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,xmit_policy=l34' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=2, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,xmit_policy=l34' -- --port-topology=chained