Getting to know link aggregation
Teamd handles the control of network teaming. It uses runners for this purpose. The list of teamd runners can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_and_managing_networking/configuring-network-teaming_configuring-and-managing-networking. However, the ones we are going to concentrate on are as follows:
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The runner uses 802.3ad LACP. |
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The ports use a hash function to attempt to reach a balance between the ports. |
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One port is set to active and the other is a backup for failover. |
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