Creating network bond in linux

ETHERNET CHANNEL BONDING CONFIGURATION IN LINUX ?

How to create Ethernet channel bonding in Linux ?

1. vi /etc/modprobe.conf

 alias bond0 bonding 
 options bond0 mode=1 miimon=100 use_carrier=0

Save the file

mode=0|balanced_rr provides load balancing and fault tolerance
mode=1|active-ackup provides fault tolerance
primary= Specify which NIC is primary (eg:eth0)
use_carrier= How to dittermine link status 
miimon - Link monitoring frquency in milliseconds

BONDING INTERFACE CONFIGURATIONS FILE ( /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts )

# cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

# vi ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0
IPADDR=192.168.56.3
BOOTPROTO=none
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.56.1
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet 

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0

 
DEVICE=eth0
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPRO=static
ONBOOT=yes 

 # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth1  
DEVICE=eth1
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPRO=static
ONBOOT=yes