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enterprise Linux version 4.0.

Linux allows binding multiple network interfaces into a single channel/NIC using special
kernel module called bonding. According to official bonding documentation, “The Linux
bonding driver provides a method for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single
logical “bonded” interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon the mode;
generally speaking, modes provide either hot standby or load balancing services.
Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed.”

Setting up bounding is easy with RHEL v4.0.

Step #1: Create a bond0 configuration file

Red Hat Linux stores network configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory. First,


you need to create bond0 config file:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0Append following lines to
it:DEVICE=bond0
IPADDR=192.168.1.20
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yesReplace above IP address with your actual IP address. Save file and exit to shell
prompt.

Step #2: Modify eth0 and eth1 config files:

Open both configuration using vi text editor and make sure file read as follows for eth0
interface# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0Modify/append directive as
follows:DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=noneOpen eth1 configuration file using vi text editor:# vi
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1Make sure file read as follows for eth1
interface:DEVICE=eth1
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=noneSave file and exit to shell prompt.

Step # 3: Load bond driver/module

Make sure bonding module is loaded when the channel-bonding interface (bond0) is brought
up. You need to modify kernel modules configuration file:# vi
/etc/modprobe.confAppend following two lines:alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100Save file and exit to shell prompt. You can
learn more about all bounding options in kernel source documentation file (click here to read
file online).
Step # 4: Test configuration

First, load the bonding module:# modprobe bondingRestart networking service in order to
bring up bond0 interface:# service network restartVerify everything is working:# less
/proc/net/bonding/bond0Output:

Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin)


MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 0
Up Delay (ms): 0
Down Delay (ms): 0

Slave Interface: eth0


MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:c6:be:59

Slave Interface: eth1


MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:c6:be:63

List all interfaces:# ifconfigOutput:

bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:C6:BE:59


inet addr:192.168.1.20 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2804 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1879 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:250825 (244.9 KiB) TX bytes:244683 (238.9 KiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:C6:BE:59


inet addr:192.168.1.20 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:be59/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2809 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:251161 (245.2 KiB) TX bytes:180289 (176.0 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1400

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:C6:BE:59


inet addr:192.168.1.20 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:be59/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:502 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:258 (258.0 b) TX bytes:66516 (64.9 KiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1480

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