Absolutely! The top reason is for failover insulation. Loose a switch but connectivity.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Jeff Hubbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhubbslist@att.net">jhubbslist@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Are there reasonable uses of Ethernet bonding that incorporate<br>
connecting slave NICs of a given bond device to completely different<br>
switches? I've been looking over<br>
<a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/static/linux-ethernet-bonding-driver-howto.php" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/static/linux-ethernet-bonding-driver-howto.php</a><br>
for reference. I have not seen or used bonds that do anything other<br>
than connect to the same switch.<br>
<br>
- Jeff<br>
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