Chapter 4 linkaggregation feature, 1 about linkaggregation feature – FUJITSU PCI Gigabit Ethernet 4.1 Update 2/ 5.0 for Oracle Solaris C120-E276-11ENZ0(A) User Manual

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Chapter 4 LinkAggregation Feature

This chapter outlines the LinkAggregation feature, and explains the settings required to use this feature.

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4.1 About LinkAggregation Feature

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4.2 Configuration of the LinkAggregation Feature

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4.3 Notes

4.1 About LinkAggregation Feature

This section explains the LinkAggregation feature.

- LinkAggregation Feature

Communication bandwidth and network redundancy (*1) can be improved by grouping two or more network interfaces as one virtual
interface (*2). It is effective when handling large amounts of data, or when providing large-scale customer service.

*1: As long as at least one transmission route available is available, communication will continue.

*2: The maximum number of interfaces in a group is 255.

- Requirements

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Table 4.1 Requirements

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Table 4.1 Requirements

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OS: Solaris 10 8/07 or later

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Server model: SPARC Enterprise

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GLDv3 interfaces

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Full duplex communication

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Same speed for all grouped interfaces

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TCP/IP connection

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