When trying to configure bonding in balance-tlb/alb (5/6) mode with 2 ibmveth NICs interface never gets a DHCP lease.

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Issue

  • When trying to configure bonding in balance-tlb/alb (5/6) mode with 2 ibmveth NICs. The bonding interface comes up and there are lots of messages in dmesg:
[ 7681.202180] bonding: bond0: enslaving eth1 as an active interface with an up link.
[ 7681.475649] bonding: bond0: enslaving eth2 as an active interface with an up link.
[ 7682.118900] ibmveth 30000003 eth1: tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4  
[ 7682.118918] ibmveth 30000003 eth1: tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4  
[ 7682.118924] ibmveth 30000003 eth1: tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4  
[ 7682.118932] ibmveth 30000005 eth2: tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4  
[ 7682.118938] ibmveth 30000005 eth2: tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4
  • The bonding interface never gets a DHCP lease.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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