How does the bonding driver change MAC addresses?

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Issue

  • How does the bonding driver change MAC addresses?
  • When running bonding, all slaves have the same MAC address, or different MAC addresses.
  • How can I see the real true MAC address of a bonded slave interface?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Network link aggregation for load balancing and failover using the bonding driver

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