=== 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]]