Hi all,
I been reading examples of how to setup IPMP and how it differs from Etherchannel. However, i am still unsure of how it really works and i hope gurus here can shed some light on the questions I have below while i will lab it up for my own test ->
q1) for IPMP, there is no such thing as a bond0 / bonded interface right ?
q2) for all interfaces in a IPMP group, do they have their own mac address ?
q3) for interfaces configured as active, active in a IPMP group, packets send out by the individual interfaces will have its own source IP and mac addresses right ?
-- in short, there are no sharing of mac address / ip address across the 2 physical interfaces right ?
q4) if the 2 interfaces have its own IP and source mac, how does load sharing work across the 2 interfaces ? if I am sending a file or sending some packets over a TCP session ? will the packets be round robin across the interfaces ?
-- if so, wouldn't there be some sequencing issue or FW session issue ?
q5) with regards to q4) how does an app or OS select the active, active interface for use ? for a single transaction / session, will it always stick to a particular interface ?
i am not very good in network, but i don't think sending a file across a network to a destination using 2 different source IP will work ?
Looking forward to hear your advices
P.s. I am on Solaris 10
Regards,
Noob