SUMMARY: gigabit UTP and trunking ? (again)

From: Yura Pismerov <ypismerov_at_tucows.com>
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 06:01:40 EST
         It turned out that IPMP does not do load balancing of incoming
packets
(thanks to Steve Mickeler and John Riddoch for the warning). Due to
specific application (backup server) IPMP won't work for us. So it looks
like the Sun Trunking software is the only option we can go with.

> 
> Yura Pismerov wrote:
> >
> > Aaron M. Hirsch pointed me to IPMP that comes with Solaris9 for free.
> > It looks like the problem solved !
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> > Yura Pismerov wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm looking for a gigabit UTP NIC that I can use for trunking in Solaris
> > > 9.
> > > Could anybody tell me if the following card will work with the trunking
> > > software (see the links below). Unfortunately the card is not being
> > > mentioned as compatible with the software. Also, do I really need to
> > > purchase the Sun Trunking in order to bond 2 NIC cards in Solaris 9 ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?catid=52707
> > >
> > > http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?catid=50160
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Yuri Pismerov, Sr. System Administrator,
> > > TUCOWS.COM INC. (416) 535-0123  ext. 1352
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> > Yuri Pismerov, Sr. System Administrator,
> > TUCOWS.COM INC. (416) 535-0123  ext. 1352
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