hi guys

This is suse 11 sp1

I have a Server that has 4 NICs, I've created 2 bonds
bond0(eth0-eth1) - 10.10.10.2
bond1(eth2-eth3) - 10.10.10.3

Each bound goes to a Storage Device which is directly connected
so bond0 goes to Storage_Controller_1 and 2 like this

Server_bond0 <--------> Storage_Controller_1 (10.10.10.4)

Server_bond1 <--------> Storage_Controller_2 (10.10.10.5)

The problem is when I ping from server to Storage it looks like only bond0 is active and since bond0 is direclty connected to Storage_Controller_1 it will only ping 10.10.10.4

is there a way to make both bonds independent so
communication between bonds and storage 1 and 2 are separate?

also I attached a computer to this server and that hub (just for testing) and found this is from a windows box an arp command

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>arp -a
Interface: 10.10.10.100 --- 0x2
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  10.10.10.2            00-0c-29-dc-10-ca     dynamic
  10.10.10.3            00-0c-29-dc-10-ca     dynamic

net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2

net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_filter=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter=1

looks like I have to use iproute2 just don't know how
any guidance

thanks

---------- Post updated at 11:09 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:45 AM ----------

guys

I am getting there

this does what I want

iproute2

echo 200 storage_table >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
ip rule add from 10.10.10.3 table storage_table
ip route add 10.10.10.0/24 via 10.10.10.3 dev eth1 table storage_table

net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2

echo 200 storage_table >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
ip rule add from 10.10.10.3 table storage_table
ip route add 10.10.10.0/24 via 10.10.10.3 dev eth1 table storage_table

Not sure how this works in SUSE, but could you add the commands in a post-up statement in the interface conf file?