Why connection to bond interface is lost after chaning the active slave interface ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After installing the system it couldn't succeed in activating bond interface, just one link out of two available remains active.
  • After changing the active slave interface using command # ifenslave -c bondx ethx connection to bond interface/IP is lost.
  • RHEL 6.6 with the updated tg3 driver of the driver disk works without any issues.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • bonding configured

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In
Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.