bonding on SLES10

[sushant_01]

Guys,

I am trying to configure the bonding on SLES 10, I am referring the doc available on Novell site and the /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt.

My bond0 interface is up and running , but when I try to stop one of the slave interface, the entire bond0 interface also disables.

I used ifdown eth1 command , and after I try the ifconfig command displays no bond0 interface.

So actually speaking if I fail any of the slave interfaces the bond0 interface also gets disabled.

What could be wrong here?

Sush

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Sush,

Four things too look at.

ifcfg-bond0
ifcfg-eth0
ifcfg-eth1
modprobe.conf

Improper settings in any of the above can lead to this behavior.

It could also be due to the switch settings on the network. Check with your network admin.

For further assistance from me, you'll need to show me the contents of the files above.

Also take a look at /var/log/messages for any clues when this happens.

This is not normal behavior. I've run tests like this in my RH boxes and bond0 stays up so long as one Ethernet card is working.

SEP

[sushant_01]

Hi ,

Thanx for the reply...

Ya I can show u all the file contents...

ifcfg-bond0------------------

BOOTPROTO='static'
BROADCAST="10.73.70.255"
IPADDR='10.73.70.155'
NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
NETWORK='10.73.70.0'
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='onboot'
BONDING_MASTER=yes
BONDING_MODULE_OPTS='mode=active-backup miimon=100 use_carrier=1'
BONDING_SLAVE0='eth1'
BONDING_SLAVE1='eth3'


ifcfg-eth-id-00:14:5e:41:e9:63----------

BOOTPROTO='none'
STARTMODE='off'
UNIQUE='JNkJ.sYfDnw5ZpnE'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:04:03.0'


ifcfg-eth-id-00:02:b3:f0:e0:b2------------

BOOTPROTO='none'
STARTMODE='off'
UNIQUE='DkES.CgxtdIf5fNE'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:03:01.0'


/etc/modprobe.conf--------------

alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=1


/var/log/messages--------------

Apr 25 16:28:34 btc-srv2 ifdown: eth3 is still used from interfaces bond0
Apr 25 16:28:34 btc-srv2 ifdown: bond0
Apr 25 16:28:35 btc-srv2 kernel: bonding: bond0: released all slaves
Apr 25 16:28:35 btc-srv2 kernel: bonding: bond0 is being deleted...
Apr 25 16:28:35 btc-srv2 ifdown: eth3 now going down itself
Apr 25 16:28:35 btc-srv2 ifdown: eth3 device: Intel Corporation 82544EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 02)
Apr 25 16:28:35 btc-srv2 ifdown: eth3 configuration: eth-id-00:14:5e:41:e9:63


Please help me....

Sush