Why LACP bonding (802.3ad) for network interfaces connected to two different switches is not working correctly?

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Issue

  • LACP bonding (802.3ad) created using network interfaces connected to two different switches is not working correctly. Slaves for the bonded device are connected to two switches to get failover in the event of a switch failure.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise linux 6

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