Add use case for Bond example

[pve-docs.git] / pve-network.adoc

diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc
index f14033cf12ded9ee724e48eae4b08531807fdb60..8146a3b16ea4f8f10b15fa7f9f2540f7b45558c2 100644 (file)
--- a/pve-network.adoc
+++ b/pve-network.adoc
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ traffic.
 For the most setups the active-backup are the best choice or if your
 switch support LACP "IEEE 802.3ad" this mode should be preferred.
 
 For the most setups the active-backup are the best choice or if your
 switch support LACP "IEEE 802.3ad" this mode should be preferred.
 

+The following bond configuration can be used as distributed/shared
+storage network. The benefit would be that you get more speed and the
+network will be fault-tolerant.
+

 .Example: Use bond with fixed IP address
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 auto lo
 .Example: Use bond with fixed IP address
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 auto lo


@@ -236,7 +240,11 @@ iface vmbr0 inet static
 
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-.Example: Use a bond with a bridge
+
+Another possibility it to use the bond directly as bridge port.
+This can be used to make the guest network fault-tolerant.
+
+.Example: Use a bond as bridge port

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 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
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 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback