Enterasys Network Switch Bonding Mode – Part 2

Enterasys Bonding Mode Commands

In this article we will configure for Bonding mode.

set bonding kasa 1 system-id 1234 serial-number XXXXXXXXX
set bonding port tg.1.2 enable
set bonding port tg.1.4 enable --> Let's enable bonding ports on these two lines.
set bonding enable

Switch will ask you for confirmation to restart. Let’s confirm with the Y key and restart

Let’s do the same for the backup switch

set bonding kasa 2 system-id 1234 serial-number YYYYYYYYYY
set bonding kasa 2 system-id 1
set bonding port tg.1.2 enable
set bonding port tg.1.4 enable -->  Let's enable bonding ports on these two lines.
set bonding enable

Switch will ask you for confirmation to restart. Let’s confirm with the Y key and restart.

show config bonding ---> as we can see the configuration made with
show bonding

When the running configuration is displayed, the bonding ports in chassis 2 will be displayed as tg .2.2 and tg .2.4 when they were tg.1.2 and tg.1.4.

Chassis1 ports are named as tg.1.X, Chassis2 ports are named as tg.2.X and the structure will work as a single switch from now on. This issue should be taken into consideration when configuring the backbone.

Since the two switches will behave like a single switch in Bonding mode, there is no need to configure both switches separately. Anyway, the configuration to be made to the virtual switch in bonding structure will be written to the flash of both switches by the protocol.