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Bonding/VLAN bug in 6.6.0
I have found a UI bug (IMO anyway) with the Network/Bonding/VLAN setup in 6.6.0. First the disclaimer (caveat): This is running on a modified, unsupported (ancient) Pro Pioneer, upgraded with a ...
I agree that the stale bonds that can't be removed looks like a bug in 6.6.0
simath wrote:
...It is especially diappointing that LACP mode 3+4 (supposed to load balance on xmit from a single client) doesn't appear to work in 6.6.0. I see the following in dmesg.log:
bond0: Setting xmit hash policy to layer3+4 (1)
bond0: option primary: mode dependency failed, not supported in mode 802.3ad(4)
It would load balance on xmit to a single client, not from a single client.
This mode has never been fully LACP compliant, since it allows > 1 gbit of traffic to be sent to a 1 gbit client. Another issue is that fragmented packets can stripe both interfaces, which creates issues on reassembly. So I suspect Debian 8 / Jesse removed support from its drivers.
Sage,
Thanks for your knowledgeable reply. I guess I'll just wait until the next firmware update and see if those false bonds go away. In any case I know exactly what steps to take to cause them to happen, if the NG s/w team is interested.
I was all set to upgrade to another ReadyNAS system, but started looking at the costs (this is for a small business). For significantly less $$$ (compared to a new ReadyNAS 5-series) I was able to put together a couple of i3 servers (running Windows Server 2016) where NIC teaming works (it doesn't yet on Win10). I've fully tested it and am able to get a sustained max. transfer rate of nearly 4Gbps. That means the old Ultra6/Pioneer is a bit of a bottleneck, but I'll simply use it in a purely backup role, rather than as a file server as I'd planned. As has often been stated on this forum, teaming/bonding is really more for reliability, rather than speed, and thus for most users not really useful.
I could have opted to go the 10G route, but unfortunately EVERYTHING related to 10G networking is still way to pricey for me.
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