1. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0IPADDR=xx.xx.xx.xx
NETWORK=xx.xx.xx.xxx
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Device=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
TYPE=Ethernet
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
3. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Device=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
TYPE=Ethernet
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
4. Edit /etc/modprobe.conf ( RHEL 4 only, do not modify on RHEL 5 )
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=1 miimon=100
5. Module probe.
$ modprobe bonding
6. Restart network
$ service network restart
7. Check
$ less /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Bonding Mode: fault-tolerance (active-backup)
Primary Slave: None
Currently Active Slave: eth1
MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
Up Delay (ms): 0
Down Delay (ms): 0
Slave Interface: eth0
MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 1
Permanent HW addr: 00:19:bb:21:54:c0
Slave Interface: eth1
MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:19:bb:21:54:ae
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refer:
1. /usr/share/doc/iputils-20020927/README.bonding
2. for RHEL 5 , refer: Channel Bonding Interface
