8.3. Comparison of Network Teaming to Bonding

Table 8.1. A Comparison of Features in Bonding and Team
Feature	Bonding	Team
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	Full
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

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