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@@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g.,
194 194
195 The parameters are as follows: 195 The parameters are as follows:
196 196
197ad_select
198
199 Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The
200 possible values and their effects are:
201
202 stable or 0
203
204 The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
205 bandwidth.
206
207 Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all
208 slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active
209 aggregator has no slaves.
210
211 This is the default value.
212
213 bandwidth or 1
214
215 The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
216 bandwidth. Reselection occurs if:
217
218 - A slave is added to or removed from the bond
219
220 - Any slave's link state changes
221
222 - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes
223
224 - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up
225
226 count or 2
227
228 The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of
229 ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the
230 "bandwidth" setting, above.
231
232 The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of
233 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator
234 occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability
235 (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times.
236
237 This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0.
238
197arp_interval 239arp_interval
198 240
199 Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. 241 Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds.
@@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp
551 affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for 593 affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
552 bonding version 3.3.0. 594 bonding version 3.3.0.
553 595
596num_unsol_na
597
598 Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements
599 to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued
600 immediately after the failover.
601
602 The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option
603 affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
604 bonding version 3.4.0.
605
554primary 606primary
555 607
556 A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the 608 A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the