User`s guide

Chapter X. Offload Bonding driver
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux Page 167
1. Introduction
The Chelsio Offload bonding driver provides a method to aggregate multiple network interfaces
into a single logical bonded interface effectively combining the bandwidth into a single
connection. It also provides redundancy in case one of link fails.
The traffic running over the bonded interface can be fully offloaded to the T5/T4 Adapter, thus
freeing the CPU from TCP/IP overhead.
1.1. Hardware Requirements
1.1.1. Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio Adapters that are compatible with the Chelsio
Offload Bonding driver:
T520-LL-CR
T520-CR
T580-LP-CR
T540-CR
T420-CR
T440-CR
T422-CR
T420-SO-CR
T404-BT
T420-BCH
T440-LP-CR
T420-BT
T420-LL-CR
T420-CX
1.2. Software Requirements
1.2.1. Linux Requirements
Currently the Offload Bonding driver is available for the following versions:
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 7 kernel (RHEL5.7), 2.6.18-274.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 8 kernel (RHEL5.8), 2.6.18-308.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 update 3 kernel (RHEL6.3), 2.6.32-279.el6
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 update 4 kernel (RHEL6.4), 2.6.32-358.el6
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel (SLES11SP1), 2.6.32.12-0.7
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 kernel (SLES11SP2), 3.0.13-0.27
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel (SLES11SP3), 3.0.76-0.11