Chapter 8. Configuring network teaming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Red Hat Customer Portal

Broadcast Tx policy

Yes

Yes

Round-robin Tx policy

Yes

Yes

Active-backup Tx policy

Yes

Yes

LACP (802.3ad) support

Yes (active only)

Yes

Hash-based Tx policy

Yes

Yes

User can set hash function

No

Yes

Tx load-balancing support (TLB)

Yes

Yes

LACP hash port select

Yes

Yes

Load-balancing for LACP support

No

Yes

Ethtool link monitoring

Yes

Yes

ARP link monitoring

Yes

Yes

NS/NA (IPv6) link monitoring

No

Yes

Ports up/down delays

Yes

Yes

Port priorities and stickiness (“primary” option enhancement)

No

Yes

Separate per-port link monitoring setup

No

Yes

Multiple link monitoring setup

Limited

Yes

Lockless Tx/Rx path

No (rwlock)

Yes (RCU)

VLAN support

Yes

Yes

User-space runtime control

Limited

Yes

Logic in user-space

No

Yes

Extensibility

Hard

Easy

Modular design

No

Yes

Performance overhead

Low

Very low

D-Bus interface

No

Yes

Multiple device stacking

Yes

Yes

Zero config using LLDP

No

(in planning)

NetworkManager support

Yes

Yes