Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

To create a bond

1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
2. Click Settings > Network tab. The appliance displays the default Network Settings page.
3. Click Create Bond.
4. In the Network Configuration section, enter the network interface information that is required to create a bond using the following fields:

   Field name	Description
   Select Interface	Select the interface or the device name between which you want to create the bond. To bond multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs), consider the following guidelines: The Network Interface drop-down list shows appliance Ethernet ports available for creating a bond. Select two or more interfaces to create a bond. To deselect an interface, click it again. You can enter either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address. Multiple or duplicate IP addresses are not excepted for a NIC or bond. Only NICs of the same type and speed can be bonded. See Network and VLAN configuration guidelines. for additional guidelines on creating a bond.
   Bond Mode	Select the bond mode to configure bonding. The eight available modes are: balance-rr active-backup balance-xor broadcast 802.3ad balance-tlb balance-alb The default mode is balance-alb. Some bond modes require additional configuration on the switch or the router. You should take additional care when you select a bond mode. For more information about bond modes, see the following documentation: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
   IP Address [IPv4 or IPv6]	Enter the IPv4 or the IPv6 address to be used for this appliance. Only global-scope and unique-local IPv6 addresses are allowed.
   Subnet Mask	Enter the subnet mask value that corresponds to the IP address.

5. To add the network configuration details for creating the bond, click Add.