On 11/01/2016 12:22 PM, Michael Felt wrote:
I have done some superficial reading on netcf - and I notice several
comments on bridiging. Found out what it is and I do not expect it on AIX. There is a
specialized partition (VIOS) that provides that function (so-called Shared Ethernet
Adapter aka SEA) by bridging the virtual LAN(s) with a physical port or ether-channel
(pseudo) port.
What I have not noticed yet, common in AIX - is what is called an NIB - or Network
Interface Backup. This is an additional feature of the AIX ether-channel pseudo device.
Is this similar to a bond in Linux? If so, possibly it could be
represented as a device in netcf
VLAN does exist in AIX, just done differently.
All in all, I expect most aspects to map well.
So, two questions:
a) does netcf have a description for (automated) network interface backup (yes or no are
fine answers);
If it's similar to a bond, then yes. If it's close, possibly it could be
made to fit into that model.
b) could someone give a short listing of the interface definitions
netcf has implemented? I will read the documentation, but a bulleted list of topics helps
me get to the important items first.
Documentation of the XML is unfortunately nearly nonexistent :-( which I
take as solely my responsibility. There has just always been something
more pressing and/or interesting to do, and I hate creating new
documentaion (and also there's been very little demand). Because of
that, the best documentation is the test files in tests/interface. There
are 4 main types of interface supported by netcf:
ethernet
bond - can be the parent of multiple ethernet devices
bridge - can be the parent of multiple ethernet, vlan and/or bond devices
vlan - can reference a single ethernet, vlan, or bridge device
There should be examples of each of these in the files in tests/interface.