Configuring Bond Interfaces in Gaia Clish

In Gaia ClishClosed The name of the default command line shell in Check Point Gaia operating system. This is a restricted shell (role-based administration controls the number of commands available in the shell)., bond interfaces are called bonding groups.

Step

Instructions

1

Make sure that the physical slave interfaces do not have IP addresses.

2

Add a new bonding group.

3

Set the state of the physical slave interfaces to UP.

4

Add slave interfaces to the bonding group.

5

Configure the bond operating mode.

6

Configure other bond parameters: primary interface, media monitoring, and delay rate.

7

Examine the bonding group configuration.

8

Save the configuration.

Notes:

Important - After you add, configure, or delete features, run the "save config" command to save the settings permanently.

Syntax

Syntax

add bonding group <Bond Group ID>

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 777

Note - Do not change the state of bond interface manually using the "set interface <Bond ID> state" command. This is done automatically by the bonding driver.

Syntax

add bonding group <Bond Group ID> interface <Name of Slave Interface>

Important - Make sure that the slave interfaces, which you wish to add to the Bonding Group, do not have IP addresses.

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 777 interface eth4

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 777 interface eth5

Notes:

  • The slave interfaces must not have IP addresses assigned to them.

  • The slave interfaces must not have aliases assigned to them.

  • A bond interface can contain between two and eight slave interfaces.

Syntax

set bonding group <Bond Group ID>
      mode active-backup [primary <Name of Slave Interface>]
      mode round-robin
      mode 8023AD [lacp-rate {slow | fast}]
      mode xor xmit-hash-policy {layer2 | layer3+4}
      [up-delay <0-5000>]
      [down-delay <0-5000>]

Bond operating mode specifies how slave interfaces are used in a bond interface.

Syntax

set bonding group <Bond Group ID> mode
      round-robin
      active-backup [primary <Name of Slave Interface>]
      xor xmit-hash-policy {layer2 | layer3+4}
      8023AD [lacp-rate {slow | fast}]

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 1 mode active-backup primary eth2

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 2 mode xor xmit-hash-policy layer3+4

Notes:

  • The Active-Backup mode supports configuration of the primary slave interface.

  • The XOR mode requires the configuration of the transmit hash policy.

  • The 8023AD mode supports the configuration of the LACP packet transmission rate.

The Up-Delay specifies show much time in milliseconds to wait before enabling a slave after link recovery was detected.

Syntax

set bonding group <Bond Group ID> up-delay <0-5000>

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 1 up-delay 100

Note - The default up-interval value is 200 ms.

The Down-Delay specifies how much time in milliseconds to wait before disabling a slave after link failure was detected

Syntax

set bonding group <Bond Group ID> down-delay <0-5000>

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 1 down-delay 100

Note - The default down-interval value is 200 ms.

Syntax

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID> [interface <Interface Name> | force-ignore-routes]

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > delete bonding group 777 interface eth4

Note - You must delete all non-primary slave interfaces before you remove the primary slave interface.

Syntax

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID> interface <Name of Slave Interface 1>

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID> interface <Name of Slave Interface 2>

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID> interface <Name of Slave Interface ...>

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID> interface <Name of Slave Interface N>

delete bonding group <Bond Group ID>

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > delete bonding group 777

Notes:

  • You must delete all non-primary slave interfaces before you remove the primary slave interface.

  • You must delete all slave interfaces from the bonding group before you remove the bonding group.

  • Do not change the state of bond interface manually using the "set interface bondID state" command.

    This is done automatically by the bonding driver.

Syntax

show bonding {group <Bond Group ID> | groups}

Parameters

Parameter

Description

<Bond Group ID>

Configures the Bond Group ID.

  • Range: 0 - 1024

  • Default: No default value

<Name of Slave Interface>

Specifies the name of the slave physical interface, which you add to (or remove from) the bond group.

Make sure that the slave interfaces do not have any IP addresses or aliases configured.

mode <Mode>

Configures the Bond operating mode (see Bond Interfaces (Link Aggregation)):

  • round-robin:

    Bond uses all slave interfaces sequentially (High Availability + Load Sharing).

    This is the default mode.

  • active-backup [primary <Name of Slave Interface>]:

    Bond uses one slave interface at a time (High Availability)

  • xor xmit-hash-policy {layer2 | layer3+4}:

    Bond uses slave interfaces based on a hash function (High Availability + Load Sharing)

  • 8023AD [lacp-rate {slow | fast}]:

    Dynamic bonding according to IEEE 802.3ad (Load Sharing)

primary <Name of Slave Interface>

Specifies the name of the primary slave interface in the bond.

The first slave interface added to the bond group, becomes the primary.

Note - Applies only to the active-backup bond mode.

up-delay <0-5000>

Specifies the time in milliseconds to wait before enabling a slave after link recovery was detected.

  • Range: 0 - 5000 ms

  • Default: 200 ms

down-delay <0-5000>

Specifies the time in milliseconds to wait before disabling a slave after link failure was detected.

  • Range: 0 - 5000 ms

  • Default: 200 ms

lacp-rate {fast | slow}

Specifies the Link Aggregation Control Protocol packet transmission rate:

  • slow- LACPDU packets are sent every 30 seconds

  • fast- LACPDU packets are sent every second

Note - Applies only to the 802.3AD bond mode.

xmit-hash-policy {layer2 | layer3+4}

Specifies the algorithm to use for assigning the traffic to Active slave interfaces:

  • layer2 - Based on the XOR of hardware MAC addresses

  • layer3+4 - Based on the IP addresses and Ports

Note - Applies only to the XOR bond mode.

Examples

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1 interface eth2
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1 interface eth3
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 1 mode active-backup primary eth2
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > show bonding group 1
Bond Configuration
    xmit-hash-policy Not configured
    down-delay 200
    primary eth2
    lacp-rate Not configured
    mode active-backup
    up-delay 200
    mii-interval 100
    Bond Interfaces
        eth2
        eth3
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 >
 
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1 interface eth2
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add bonding group 1 interface eth3
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > set bonding group 1 mode xor xmit-hash-policy layer3+4
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > show bonding group 1
Bond Configuration
    xmit-hash-policy layer3+4
    down-delay 200
    primary Not configured
    lacp-rate Not configured
    mode xor
    up-delay 200
    mii-interval 100
    Bond Interfaces
        eth2
        eth3
[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 >