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  • How to configure ipv6 address on bonded interface

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    I am trying to configure ipv6 address on bonding interface.

    I have 1 phsical server hosting one virtual machine with kvm.
    The virtual machine has 2 ethernet network interface and a bond interface.
    bond interface is bridged to the eno1 of host interface.

    My ifcfg script on virt machine is below.

    --bond interface--
    [root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond1
    DEVICE=bond1
    NAME=bond1
    UUID=9cc9db10-aa0e-48d1-817d-adca84091c7d
    ONBOOT=yes
    BOOTPROTO=none

    BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup"
    TYPE=Bond
    BONDING_MASTER=yes

    IPADDR=192.168.11.113
    NETMASK=255.255.255.0
    GATEWAY=192.168.11.1
    DNS1=192.168.11.1
    IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no

    IPV6ADDR=2602:306:cc2d:f591::D/64
    IPV6INIT=yes

    --eth9 and eth10--
    [root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth9
    TYPE=Ethernet
    NAME=eth9
    UUID=7d5dfae4-472a-4e14-a997-40d9e8a42f39
    DEVICE=eth9
    ONBOOT=yes
    MASTER=9cc9db10-aa0e-48d1-817d-adca84091c7d
    SLAVE=yes

    [root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth10
    TYPE=Ethernet
    NAME=eth10
    UUID=ad4ddad9-79f6-473b-8275-22a9485e0003
    DEVICE=eth10
    ONBOOT=yes
    MASTER=9cc9db10-aa0e-48d1-817d-adca84091c7d
    SLAVE=yes

    I do not get ipv6 address when I check with ip addr command.

    [root@server1 ~]# ip addr show dev bond1
    29: bond1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/ether e2:e6:26:3e:e8:d5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.11.113/24 brd 192.168.11.255 scope global bond1
    valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

    I have not disabled the kernel setting for ipv6 for each interface.
    [root@server1 ~]# sysctl -a | grep disable_ipv6 | egrep "bond1|eth9|eth10"
    net.ipv6.conf.bond1.disable_ipv6 = 0
    net.ipv6.conf.eth10.disable_ipv6 = 0
    net.ipv6.conf.eth9.disable_ipv6 = 0

    Below is my redhat version.
    [root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)

    What is the correct configuration for ipv6 on bond interface?

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