Link Aggregation

Link Aggregation refers to the process of assigning an IP Address to 2 Physical Interfaces for redundany purpose.


In AIX:


Smit > Devices > Communication > EtherChannel / IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation > Add An EtherChannel >
Link Aggregation


Select the primary network adapter (ent0) and select its mode as 8023ad. Now both the interfaces ent0 and ent1 are bounded together to form virtual interface ent2. Assign the IP address to the virtual interface ent2.


In case if any one of the interface goes down another interface will act as a backup.


  

History with Time

The post shows the command used to view the history with the time appendend to it.

# HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c #"

# export HISTITMEFORMAT

# history

The output will show the commands executed and what time the commands were executed.