[Xen-API] XCP 1.6 bonding, bond vs bridge

[Alexandre Kouznetsov <alk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again.

(this is a related to
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-12/msg00147.html )

After I have create a test bond from XenCenter, I have noticed that what 
was actually created on the host is not a "bond" (as described in 
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt ), but a 
bridge. This is confusing, I was expecting something like a 802.3ad 
interface, that would need cooperation from the the switch (group ports 
into a LAG).
I guess I'm missing something. Is there some layer behind this bridge, 
that makes it act like a bond? Does it need any special configuration at 
switch's side?
Why do they call "bond" a bridge, anyway? Surely there is a good reason, 
but I'm curious which is.
Greetings.

--
Alexandre Kouznetsov

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