[pve-devel] [PATCH docs 1/3] Document that active-backup is recommended for corosync

Emmanuel Kasper e.kasper at proxmox.com
Mon Jul 24 15:55:14 CEST 2017


---
 pve-network.adoc | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc
index 315ba63..dd86029 100644
--- a/pve-network.adoc
+++ b/pve-network.adoc
@@ -246,8 +246,13 @@ slaves in the single logical bonded interface such that different
 network-peers use different MAC addresses for their network packet
 traffic.
 
-For the most setups the active-backup are the best choice or if your
-switch support LACP "IEEE 802.3ad" this mode should be preferred.
+If your switch support the LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) protocol then we recommend using
+the corresponding bonding mode (802.3ad). Otherwise you should generally use the 
+active-backup mode. +
+// http://lists.linux-ha.org/pipermail/linux-ha/2013-January/046295.html
+If you intend to run your cluster network on the bonding interfaces, then you
+have to use active-passive mode on the bonding interfaces, other modes are
+unsupported.
 
 The following bond configuration can be used as distributed/shared
 storage network. The benefit would be that you get more speed and the
-- 
2.11.0





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