Bonding load balancing not working

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Using one of the load balancing bonding modes, it is perceived that the load balancing is not working properly, observations to that effect can include:

  • one interface in the bond appears to carry most of the outgoing or incoming traffic
  • the throughput during tests does not match (or approach) number_of_interfaces * interface_speed
  • Tried to bond two network cards together, but the speed is as same as the speed of one card.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8
  • Bonding or teaming (modes 2,4,5,6: balance-xor, lacp(802.3ad), balance-tlb, or balance-alb)

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