Even though bonding has been configured for mode 1 [active backup], it still shows as Mode 0 [Round-Robin]

Issue

• Although the system has been configured with mode 1 bonding in /etc/modprobe.conf, running cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0 still shows the bonding to be configured as mode 0 [round-robin]:

    Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v2.6.3-rh (June 8, 2005)
  
    Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin)
    MII Status: up
    MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
    Up Delay (ms): 0
    Down Delay (ms): 0
  
    Slave Interface: eth0
    MII Status: up
    Link Failure Count: 0
    Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:40:be:67
  
    Slave Interface: eth1
    MII Status: up
    Link Failure Count: 0
    Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:40:be:71