@[email protected] use case for the lagg/bridge: the lagg(s) provides link failover for connection redundancy, and the bridge(s) offer transit for network connections to/from jails and virtual machines located on the host
use case for the host itself: it’s a development resource which allows me to run (and break/fix/iterate) code and infrastructure locally, prior to deployment in staging / load-test / production where things cannot be readily iterated in the same lackadaisical adhoc manner.
@[email protected] that’s correct. it arrived rather recently, and firmware updates are required (easy, but requires Qualcomm’s app which runs on windows, so that’s a thing). As of today I’m working through some kernel debugging and setting up remote log capture for easier parsing during boot iterations. very fun!