Bonding takes delay to failover to the passive slave in active-backup mode after getting unrecoverable error in the adapter.

Issue

• Emulex be2net inbox driver delays the failover in bond after getting unrecoverable error in adapter
• From the logs :

Mar 29 18:28:03 kernel: [4127653.266531] be2net 0000:07:00.0: Unrecoverable Error detected in the adapter
Mar 29 18:28:03  kernel: [4127653.266732] be2net 0000:07:00.0: Please reboot server to recover
Mar 29 18:28:03  kernel: [4127653.266927] be2net 0000:07:00.0: UE: TXPB bit set
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Mar 29 19:19:18 kernel: [4130730.316486] be2net 0000:07:00.0: eth0: Link down
Mar 29 19:19:30 kernel: [4130742.382369] be2net 0000:07:00.1: eth1: Link down
Mar 29 19:19:30 kernel: [4130742.385390] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it
Mar 29 19:19:30 hp-ams[9618]: CRITICAL: Network Adapter Link Down (Slot 2, Port 1)
Mar 29 19:19:30 kernel: [4130742.385390] bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it
Mar 29 19:19:30 kernel: [4130742.385769] bond0: making interface eth2 the new active one