Allied Telesis manual AT-2931SX Basp for Linux, Virtual LAN Vlan

Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview

AT-2931SX BASP for Linux

Failover and Load Balance

Virtual LAN (VLAN)

The following options are supported under Linux. For additional information, see Chapter 4, “Installing BACS on a Linux System” on page 47.

ˆSLB mode requires NICE drivers and works with all Ethernet switches without configuring the switch ports to any special trunking mode. Only IP traffic will be load-balanced in both inbound and outbound directions.

ˆGeneric trunking mode does not require NICE and can work with any NIC; however, it requires the Ethernet switch to support the technology and be properly configured. This mode is protocol-independent and all traffic should be load-balanced and fault-tolerant.

ˆ802.3ad mode requires NICE drivers and Ethernet switches supporting IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation. This mode is protocol- independent and all traffic should be load-balanced and fault-tolerant. All the physical interfaces in the 802.3ad teams are defaulted to be LACP active. A 802.3ad team requires all the member NICs support NICE. All the member NICs, once in the 802.3ad team, will be set with the same MAC address.

ˆVLANs can be added to a team to allow multiple VLANs with different VLAN IDs. A virtual device is created for each VLAN added.

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