Bonding does not switch to slave

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Bonding with mii_monitor does not switch to slave interfaces when the primary NIC goes down
  • Bonding with arp_monitor does not switch to slave interfaces when the primary NIC goes down

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.8
  • 32-bit x86 systems

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