Ping gets duplicate replies for the bond interface

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

After restarting the network services the daemon throws below message:

interface bond0 is already holding the MAC address 14:FE:df:vv:cc:42

and ping gets duplicate replies for the bond interface.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Cisco switch

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