Bond fails to start with "Error: Enslave failed"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Bond interface fails to start with the error:
"Illegal operation: The specified slave interface 'eth0' is already a slave
Master 'bond0', Slave 'eth0': Error: Enslave failed"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • Bonded network interfaces

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