LACP bond does not bring up all of the interfaces on server reboot
Issue
- After reboot, some of the NICs in an LACP/mode 4 bond do not come up as expected.
- After reboot, the bonded interface can be seen, but it appears to be down.
- The bonded interface can be manually turned up with
nmcli con up 'bond interface'
, but the interface appears back down again after a reboot.
- The bonded interface can be manually turned up with
Bonding Mode: IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation
MII Status: down
Slave Interface: net0
MII Status: down
Link Failure Count: 1
Aggregator ID: 1
Slave Interface: net1
MII Status: down
Link Failure Count: 1
Aggregator ID: 2
Slave Interface: net2
MII Status: down
Link Failure Count: 1
Aggregator ID: 3
Slave Interface: net3
MII Status: down
Link Failure Count: 1
Aggregator ID: 4
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.8
kernel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
kernel series
- Broadcom NetXtreme-E network interface (
bnxt_en
driver) - Bonding with mode 4 aka 802.3ad aka LACP
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