=== Bonding ===
^ Mode ^ Mode in OVM3.2 ^ Prerequisites ^ Feature ^
|active-backup |Active Backup |Does not require switch configuration |Only one slave in the bond is active, other slave becomes if active slave fails (failover)|
|802.3ad |Dynamic Link Aggregation |Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave. Switch supports 802.3ad and have it enablede |802.3ad |
|balance-alb |Adaptive Load Balancing |Does not require switch support |load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation |


=== References ===
  * [[https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt|Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO]]