Setting up Link Aggregation - Network Teaming

• nmcli con show
• nmcli con add type team con-name Team1 ifname Team1 config '{"runner": {"name": "activebackup"}}'
• nmcli con mod Team1 ipv4.addresses 192.168.23.141/24
• nmcli con mod Team1 ipv4.method manual
• nmcli con add type team-slave con-name Team1-slave1 ifname eno50332208 master Team1
• nmcli con add type team-slave con-name Team1-slave2 ifname eno33554984 master Team1
• nmcli con up Team1
• nmcli con up Team1-slave1
• nmcli con up Team1-slave2
• Checking
• teamdctl Team1 state
• nmcli dev dis eno33554984 

• Show available connections

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE            DEVICE
virbr0              bc621dfb-648e-4f0a-871e-0d0f70c2fbe9  bridge          virbr0
Wired connection 1  56c2cc26-fe98-47a8-82eb-2225adcd6cdd  802-3-ethernet  --
eno16777736         423c7642-7a55-4f61-a74e-bafefe737cfa  802-3-ethernet  eno16777736
Wired connection 3  1f615a9a-cb8d-4b39-9aab-63d5ee8c7020  802-3-ethernet  eno50332208
Wired connection 2  d03b442f-9615-4488-98d3-5b58416076df  802-3-ethernet  eno33554984

• Create a Team connection name with corresponding mode
• man nmcli-examples <-- look for the example 7

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con add type team con-name Team1 ifname Team1 config '{"runner": {"name": "activebackup"}}'

Connection 'Team1' (5d14181d-e320-48a1-9dbb-98ff1623180d) successfully added.

• Add IP Address

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con mod Team1 ipv4.addresses 192.168.23.141/24

• Create a Team Slave
• eno50332208 <-- 1st available connection 
• from the result of nmcli con show 
• Wired connection 3  1f615a9a-cb8d-4b39-9aab-63d5ee8c7020  802-3-ethernet  eno50332208
• eno33554984 - 2nd available connection
• from the result of nmcli con show 
• Wired connection 2  d03b442f-9615-4488-98d3-5b58416076df  802-3-ethernet  eno33554984

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con add type team-slave con-name Team1-slave1 ifname eno50332208 master Team1

Connection 'Team1-slave1' (a8bac96b-874d-434f-8753-062ba06af7a7) successfully added.

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con add type team-slave con-name Team1-slave2 ifname eno33554984 master Team1

Connection 'Team1-slave2' (ffc1d64c-a3ed-458b-b218-00595cd723e8) successfully added.

• Start the team connection

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con up Team1

Connection successfully activated (master waiting for slaves) (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/7)

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con up Team1-slave1

Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/14)

[root@server3 ~]# nmcli con up Team1-slave2

Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/15)

• Checking

[root@server3 ~]# teamdctl Team1 state

setup:

  runner: activebackup

ports:

  eno33554984

    link watches:

      link summary: up

      instance[link_watch_0]:

        name: ethtool

        link: up

        down count: 0

  eno50332208

    link watches:

      link summary: up

      instance[link_watch_0]:

        name: ethtool

        link: up

        down count: 0

runner:

  active port: eno50332208