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txtraz
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Bonding configuration

Hi,
How do i configure(Step by Step) bonding/teamming in RHEL5?
Is there any docs for bonding in RHEL5?

Thanks;
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Alexander Chuzhoy
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Re: Bonding configuration

Steven E. Protter
Exalted Contributor

Re: Bonding configuration

Shalom,

The configuration files vary a bit depending on the type of network cards.

Major components.

/etc/modprobe.conf

alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 miimon=200 mode=active-backup
alias eth0 bnx2
alias eth1 bnx2
alias scsi_hostadapter cciss
alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix
alias scsi_hostadapter2 qla2xxx
~

bond0 config

[root@acropolis ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0
BOOTPROTO=static
# HWADDR=00:14:5E:30:32:B2
IPADDR=10.63.32.49
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Bonding
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no


eth0
[root@acropolis ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no

eth1
[root@acropolis ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no

service network restart.

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