Should there be an
ip link set <primary-slave-device> primary <master-device>
command in the iproute2 package, to set the Primary Slave on a "bond" type link?
It seems that the alternative now is to use the sysfs, with
echo -n <primary> > /sys/devices/virtual/net/<master-device>/bonding/primary
which, in systemd Service Unit Files, requires "/usr/bin/sh -c 'echo ...'"
rather than simply "/usr/bin/echo ...". "ip" seems to handle all other "bond"
configuration itself.
Thanks
James
On 02/05/2016 04:07 AM, James Feeney wrote:
Should there be an
ip link set <primary-slave-device> primary <master-device>
command in the iproute2 package, to set the Primary Slave on a "bond" type link?
It seems that the alternative now is to use the sysfs, with
echo -n <primary> > /sys/devices/virtual/net/<master-device>/bonding/primary
which, in systemd Service Unit Files, requires "/usr/bin/sh -c 'echo ...'"
rather than simply "/usr/bin/echo ...". "ip" seems to handle all other "bond"
configuration itself.
Thanks
James
Hi James,
There is an iproute2 command that changes the primary,
$ ip link set dev <bond device> type bond primary <slave device>
Here's the output from the type bond help:
Usage: ... bond [ mode BONDMODE ] [ active_slave SLAVE_DEV ]
[ clear_active_slave ] [ miimon MIIMON ]
[ updelay UPDELAY ] [ downdelay DOWNDELAY ]
[ use_carrier USE_CARRIER ]
[ arp_interval ARP_INTERVAL ]
[ arp_validate ARP_VALIDATE ]
[ arp_all_targets ARP_ALL_TARGETS ]
[ arp_ip_target [ ARP_IP_TARGET, ... ] ]
[ primary SLAVE_DEV ]
[ primary_reselect PRIMARY_RESELECT ]
[ fail_over_mac FAIL_OVER_MAC ]
[ xmit_hash_policy XMIT_HASH_POLICY ]
[ resend_igmp RESEND_IGMP ]
[ num_grat_arp|num_unsol_na NUM_GRAT_ARP|NUM_UNSOL_NA ]
[ all_slaves_active ALL_SLAVES_ACTIVE ]
[ min_links MIN_LINKS ]
[ lp_interval LP_INTERVAL ]
[ packets_per_slave PACKETS_PER_SLAVE ]
[ lacp_rate LACP_RATE ]
[ ad_select AD_SELECT ]
BONDMODE := balance-rr|active-backup|balance-xor|broadcast|802.3ad|balance-tlb|balance-alb
ARP_VALIDATE := none|active|backup|all
ARP_ALL_TARGETS := any|all
PRIMARY_RESELECT := always|better|failure
FAIL_OVER_MAC := none|active|follow
XMIT_HASH_POLICY := layer2|layer2+3|layer3+4
LACP_RATE := slow|fast
AD_SELECT := stable|bandwidth|count
Cheers,
Nik