Bonding in Linux

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Procedure to configure NIC bonding in Linux

Edit the Files as follows,


• vi /etc/modprobe.conf

alias bond0 bonding


options bonding miimon=100 mode=1

• vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:15:17:87:D4:A8
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes

• vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:15:17:87:D4:A9
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes

And create new file as below,


• vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0

DEVICE=bond0
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=172.16.1.5
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
NETWORK=172.16.1.0
GATEWAY=172.16.1.1

Restart the server. Give ifconfig, you will find bond0 is up with
configured IP Address and eth0 and eth1 will be as slave.

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