Procurve Trunk for nic bonding

HP Procurve Switches -> 802.3ad - LACP

• Setup up your Procurve for 802.3ad for ports going to bonded (team) nics
• in linux -> /etc/modprobe.conf -> mode=4

To create the trunks make sure you are still logged on in manager mode with telnet in text menu mode.

1. press number 2 "Switch Configuration"
2. press number 2 "Port/Trunk Settings"
3. scroll to Edit option with the arrow keys and press enter.
4. scroll to the ports that you are using for your teamed NICs. I always put these NICs in sequential order. So for example port 13 and 14 will be for Trk1
5. scroll over to "Group" and press the space bar to change the trunk number. If this is the first truck then I would recommend "Trk1"
6. scroll to the right to the "Type" column and press the space bar until you see "LACP".
7. scroll to the port of second NIC in the team and follow the same procedure as the first NIC
8. Repeat steps 5 -7 until you have all of the teamed NICs in separate trunks.
9. Once finished press enter and save.

You should check on the server to see what mode the NIC team is running.

Alternatively, goto the switch via Telnet, then menu, CLI, and type "show lacp".

If the  NIC team is set for 802.3ad, then it should say yes for active lacp connection.

To further confirm that it is working, try hitting it with another computer that has teaming up to see the throughput.