What settings should I have for a bond that is going between two switches?

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Issue

  • When setting up a system for high resiliency when using a pair of redundant switches, how should the bond be configured to ensure maximum availability?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Redundant switch topology, possibly in a scenario such as this:
          _ _ _  _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
               |                     |
               |                     |
               |        RHEL         |
               |                     |
               |                     |
               |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
                     |         |
               eth0  |         |  eth1
                     |         |
            _ _ _ _ _|         | _ _ _ _ _
           |                              |
           |                              |
           |                              |
           |                              |
  _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _
 |                   |          |                   |
 |                   |          |                   |
 |     Switch A      |  Trunk   |      Switch B     |
 |                   |----------|                   |
 |                   |          |                   |
 |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|          |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|

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