> From: Lee Hepler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:20 pm > Subject: Trunking in crossbow > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Would you please consider doing for networking what > > ZFS has done for storage? > > Trunking has previously been a separate product for > > combining several NICs into one virtual NIC. Would > > you consider adding in the trunking capability to > > enable there to be a pool of NICs available in > > addition to having multiple virtual NICs operating on > > a single NIC? > > ZFS has implemented the capabilities of several > > separate products into one much more efficient > > application with a vastly simpler management > > interface. Please give me this capability with its > > improved performance and ease of use into the crossbow > > project.
Lee, note that as of Solaris 10, 802.3ad trunking is part of the base operationg system, as per 'dladm create-aggr'. Currently, this feature is limited to GLDv3-based network drivers, but the Clearview[1] Project includes enhancements that allow all Solaris Ethernet network drivers to use 802.3ad -- without requiring changes to the drivers. Regardless of the driver, the administration will be performed seamlessly through dladm(1M). We will have early-access bits for Clearview available shortly (there are some legal issues holding it up right now). Once they're available, we will post a note to this list, and summarize the functionality added in those EA bits. [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/ -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
