If you are using the Oracle Solaris operating system on Exalogic compute nodes, keep the following points in mind:
BOND0 and BOND1, two important terms used in this guide, refer to the default interfaces for IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) and Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB), respectively, on the Oracle Linux operating system.
Oracle Solaris uses the IP Multipathing (IPMP) technology to support IPMP Groups that consist of one or more physical interfaces on the same system that are configured with the same IPMP group name. This technology provides the same functionality as Bonded Interfaces on Oracle Linux. You can name the IPMP groups anything. In this guide, BOND0 and BOND1 are used as example names to keep the terminology consistent with Oracle Linux.
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For an overview of IPMP, see IPMP Overview for Oracle Solaris Users.