On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:40:38PM -0600, Nathan wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:15:24PM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you're using NetworkManager for *anything* on a server, don't.
>>>
>>> This was and still is good advice for SL5 based systems.
>>>
>>> On SL6, (after some initial doubts,) I find the NetworkManager to be quite
>>> good at handling statically configured interfaces (see note 1).
>>
>> Well I don't.  I find that NetworkManager prevents me from setting up
>> ethernet bridges entirely on SL6 unless I simply turn it off.
>
> I agree. I think NM was designed for handling Wifi on laptops, but just happens
> to work mostly okey for plain wired interfaces. Bridges, bonding, vlans,
> aliases (multiple IP on the same physical eth) are right out. Such a huge
> amount of work for such big infractructure for so limited function.

On Fedora 18, and possibly Fedora 17 too, you can manage bonds and
bridges via NM. AFAIK, you cannot do so via a GUI; yet! You have to
set up all the ifcfg files.