The slave NIC is treated as down when bonding device fails over
Issue
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The slave NIC is treated as down for few seconds when bonding device fails over.
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This problem is observed intermittently.
Aug 24 18:46:51 <kern.err> csdl3-k-m kernel: nx_nic[eth8]: NIC Link is up ###<---eth8 is up. Aug 24 18:46:56 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth8. Aug 24 18:47:03 <kern.err> csdl3-k-m kernel: nx_nic[eth4]: NIC Link is down Aug 24 18:47:08 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth4, disabling it Aug 24 18:47:08 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth8 the new active one. Aug 24 18:47:08 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth8, disabling it Aug 24 18:47:08 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: now running without any active interface ! Aug 24 18:47:11 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth8. Aug 24 18:47:11 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth8 the new active one. Aug 24 18:47:11 <kern.info> csdl3-k-m kernel: bonding: bond0: first active interface up!
Environment
- kernel-2.6.18-238.19.1.ELsmp
- RHEL5 or 6
- bonding
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