Working with Bond Interfaces in Cluster

This section describes the configuration of Bond Interfaces and Group of Bonds in clusterClosed Two or more Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration - High Availability, or Load Sharing..

Bonding (Link Aggregation) Terminology

  • Link Aggregation (Interface Bonding): Networking technology that binds multiple physical interfaces together into one virtual interface.

  • Bond: A group of physical interfaces that operate together as one virtual interface and share an IP address and MAC address. A bond is identified by the cluster by its Bond ID (for example: bond0).

  • Bond Interface: The logical representation of the bond.

  • Subordinate interface: A physical interface that is a member of a bond. Subordinate interfaces do not have an IP Address and in some cases share the same MAC address.