Digi Connect IT 16 User Manual

Services Ethernet network bonding
Digi Connect IT® 16/48 User Guide
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7. Add Ethernet devices:
a. For Add device, click 
b. For Device, select an Ethernet device to participate in the bond pool.
c. Repeat for each appropriate Ethernet device.
8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Log into the Connect IT 16/48 command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. Add a network bond:
(config)> add network bond name
(config network bond name)>
The new network bond is enabled by default. To disable:
(config network bond name)> enable false
(config network bond name)>
4. Set the mode:
(config network bond name)> mode value
(config network bond name)>
where value is either:
n active-backup: Transmits data on only one of the bonded devices at a time. When the
active device fails, the next available device in the list is chosen. This mode provides for
fault tolerance.
n round-robin: Alternates between bonded devices to provide load balancing as well as
fault tolerance.

Digi Connect IT 16 Specifications

General

Brand	Digi
Model	Connect IT 16
Category	Server
Language	English