What is NIC Teaming ??

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1. Understanding what is NIC Teaming

A.

Network Interface Bonding is called by many names:

Port Trunking, Channel Bonding, Link Aggregation, NIC Teaming etc. It combines or aggregates multiple networks connections into a single channel bonding interface. This allows 2 or more network interfaces to act as one, to increase throughput and to provide redundancy or failover.

B.

The linux kernel comes with the bonding driver for aggregating multiple physical network interfaces into a single logical interface (for example, aggregating eth0 and eth1 into bond0).

C.

NIC teaming is concept of combining or bonding 2 or more network interfaces into one logical interface to provide high throughput and redundancy. This practice is popular especially with critical servers where high availability is expected at all times.

D.

In a server with two or more NIC cards, the concept of NIC teaming is critical in the event where one NIC card fails. With NIC teaming, the logical network interface will ensure that the remaining NIC will continue functioning and serving the purpose of the defective NIC.

Conclusion

In the this blog we understood, what is NIC teaming.

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