Packets sent by a RHEL 7 team interface in LACP mode may be dropped or ignored by the switch when the link first comes up

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When a team interface first comes up and starts sending packets, there may be a period of a few seconds where these packets do not reach their destination.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Teaming (libteam/teamd)
    • libteam-1.27-4.el7
  • LACP

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