Sometimes\u00a0in life, you get even bigger servers, with MOAR NICs then you can count on one hand.
\nAt rAge we had 12 of the bad boys.<\/p>\n
Here, we will use 5 in a server with 5 x 1 GbE on the Mobo, and an add in card with another 4 NICs.<\/p>\n
We will only use 5 for now, as we dont wanna kill that switch so early in its lifetime!<\/p>\n
This is what we are working with:<\/p>\n
root@gamecache:\/# networkctl<\/em> 10 links listed.<\/em><\/p>\n That is 9 NICs, all 1GbE. So lets team up!<\/p>\n Here is what we would use in our interfaces file:<\/p>\n # The loopback network interface<\/em> #Bond1<\/em> #we will use port 1,2,3,4,A21 as we know they work<\/em><\/p>\n #Port 1<\/em> #Port 2<\/em> #Port 4<\/em> #Port 5<\/em> #Add on 2 Port 1<\/em> #Add on 2 Port 2<\/em> Off to the DC we go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes\u00a0in life, you get even bigger servers, with MOAR NICs then you can count on one hand. At rAge we had 12 of the bad boys. Here, we will use 5 in a server with 5 x 1 GbE on the Mobo, and an add in card with another 4 NICs. We will only use … Continue reading So you think you can NIC?<\/span>
\nIDX LINK TYPE OPERATIONAL SETUP<\/em>
\n 1 lo loopback n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 2 ens7f0 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 3 ens7f1 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 4 ens4f0 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 5 ens4f1 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 6 ens5f0 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 7 ens5f1 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 8 enp12s0f0 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 9 enp12s0f1 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em>
\n 10 enp16s0 ether n\/a n\/a<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto lo<\/em>
\niface lo inet loopback<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto bond0<\/em>
\niface bond0 inet static<\/em>
\n address 192.168.1.33<\/em>
\n netmask 255.255.255.0<\/em>
\n bond-slaves none<\/em>
\nbond-mode 4
\n<\/em>bond-miimon 100<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto ens7f0<\/em>
\niface ens7f0 inet manual<\/em>
\n bond-master bond0<\/em>
\n bond-primary ens7f0 ens7f1 ens4f0 ens4f1 ens5f1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto ens7f1<\/em>
\niface ens7f1 inet manual<\/em>
\n bond-master bond0<\/em>
\n bond-primary ens7f0 ens7f1 ens4f0 ens4f1 ens5f1<\/em>
\n#Port 3<\/em>
\nauto ens4f0<\/em>
\niface ens4f0 inet manual<\/em>
\n bond-master bond0<\/em>
\n bond-primary ens7f0 ens7f1 ens4f0 ens4f1 ens5f1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto ens4f1<\/em>
\niface ens4f1 inet manual<\/em>
\n bond-master bond0<\/em>
\n bond-primary ens7f0 ens7f1 ens4f0 ens4f1 ens5f1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto enp16s0<\/em>
\niface enp16s0 inet dhcp<\/em><\/p>\n
\nauto ens5f1<\/em>
\niface ens5f1 inet manual<\/em>
\n bond-master bond0<\/em>
\n bond-primary ens7f0 ens7f1 ens4f0 ens4f1 ens5f1<\/em><\/p>\n
\n#auto ens5f0<\/em>
\n#iface ens5f0 inet dhcp<\/em>
\nQuite a few NICs, and now we have 5Gbps at hand, with a total of 9 if we need in future.<\/p>\n