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Forcepoint Appliances Command Line Interface > Appliance interface configuration > Interface bonding
Interface bonding
Forcepoint V10000 and V20000 appliances can bond interfaces for failover or load balancing (sometimes referred to as balance-rr). Interface bonding is not supported on other appliances.
 
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Important 
Do not bond interfaces that have different speeds or duplex modes. Doing so can result in performance problems.
Forcepoint V10000 or V20000 with Forcepoint Web Security
Interfaces E1 and E2 can be cabled to your network and then bonded through software settings to a Content Gateway interface, with E1 optionally bonded to P1, and E2 optionally bonded to P2. No other pairing is possible.
Interface bonding provides these alternatives:
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Active/Standby mode: When bonding in active/standby mode, the appliance does not set a default active interface.
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Load balancing: If the switch or router that is directly connected to the V10000 supports load balancing (etherchannel, trunk group, or similar), then traffic to and from the primary interface can be balanced between the primary interface and its bonded interface (E1 or E2).
You can choose to bond or not bond each Content Gateway interface independently. You do not have to bond at all.
If you do bond an interface, choose one mode for that bonding (either active/standby or load balancing). You do not have to choose the same bonding mode for both interfaces.
Ensure that all interfaces are cabled properly before bonding.
Forcepoint V10000 or V20000 with Forcepoint Email Security only
Interfaces P1 and P2 can be cabled to your network and then bonded through software settings to a Forcepoint Email Security interface, with P1 optionally bonded to E1, and P2 optionally bonded to E2. No other pairing is possible.
Interface bonding provides these alternatives:
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Active/Standby mode: When bonding in active/standby mode, the appliance does not set a default active interface.
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Load balancing: If the switch or router that is directly connected to the V10000 supports load balancing (etherchannel, trunk group, or similar), then traffic to and from the primary interface can be balanced between the primary interface and its bonded interface (P1 or P2).
You can choose to bond or not bond each Forcepoint Email Security interface independently. You do not have to bond at all.
If you do bond an interface, choose one mode for that bonding (either active/standby or load balancing). You do not have to choose the same bonding mode for both interfaces.
Ensure that all interfaces are cabled properly before bonding.
show interface bond
Display the bonded interface.
show interface bond
Command modes
V10000 and V20000 appliances. Not supported in Azure.
Examples
(view)# show interface bonds
Related commands
 
Command
Description
set interface bond
Bond the interfaces.
set interface unbond
Remove interface bonding.
set interface bond
Bond the interfaces.
set interface bond [--mode <active-standby|load-balancing>]
 
Parameter
Description
mode
(Optional) Mode of the interface bond.
In active-standby mode, interface P1 (or P2) is active, and E1 (or E2) is in stand-by mode. If the primary interface fails, E1 (or E2) becomes active.
In load balancing mode, traffic to and from the primary interface can be balanced between the primary and the bonded interfaces.
Command modes
V10000 and V20000 appliances.
Usage guidelines
Forcepoint V10000 and V20000 appliances that run only one product can bond interfaces for failover or load balancing. For more information about interface bonding, see the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide.
Selections are made using a sub-menu in the CLI; if unpopulated, there are no free interfaces.
The mode defaults to active-standby.
Examples
(config)# set interface bond --mode load-balancing
Related commands
 
Command
Description
show interface bond
Display the bonded interfaces.
set interface unbond
Remove interface bonding.
set interface unbond
Remove interface bonding.
set interface unbond
Command modes
V10000 and V20000 appliances.
Usage guidelines
Selections are made using an interactive sub-menu in the CLI.
Examples
(config)# set interface unbond
Related commands
 
Command
Description
show interface bond
Display the bonded interface.
set interface bond
Bond the interfaces.

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