# Multiple Hardware NICs

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956>\
**Category:** SUSE Virtualization\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956 "2022-05-20T21:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@pax](https://forums.suse.com/u/pax)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956/1 "2022-05-20T21:00:35Z")

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Any guidance on using multiple hardware NICs on a Harvester Node?

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**Author:** ![palmergw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@palmergw](https://forums.suse.com/u/palmergw)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956/2 "2022-06-09T21:31:19Z")

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What kind of guidance are you looking for? Bonding multiple together, management vs default network interface?

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**Author:** ![crazyelectron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/crazyelectron/32/9045_2.png) [@crazyelectron](https://forums.suse.com/u/crazyelectron)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956/3 "2022-06-13T14:35:16Z")

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If it is cluster VLAN bonding you’re looking for, check [this post](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-bond-multiple-nic-for-vlan/37990/3) as one way of doing it. The UI doesn’t support bonding yet, only the initial automated (PXE) install…

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**Author:** ![crazyelectron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/crazyelectron/32/9045_2.png) [@crazyelectron](https://forums.suse.com/u/crazyelectron)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-hardware-nics/37956/4 "2022-06-14T14:13:37Z")

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Turns out you can add the bond to `/oem/99_custom.yaml` and reboot the node. The management network is already defined and you can use similar settings for the additional VLAN bond.
