Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual

3. Attach one or more slave interfaces to the bond interface. Modify the eth0 and
eth1 configuration files (using a VI text editor).
a. Use the VI text editor to open the eth0 configuration file.
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
b. Modify/append the eth0 file as follows:
DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
c. Use the VI text editor to open the eth1 configuration file.
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
d. Modify/append the eth1 file as follows:
DEVICE=eth1
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
4. Set up the bond interface and its options in /etc/modprobe.conf. Start the slave
interfaces by your normal network method.
# vi /etc/modprobe.conf
a. Append the following lines to the file.
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100
b. Load the bonding module.
# modprobe bonding
# ifconfig bond0 up
# ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
5. Start/restart the slave interfaces (using your normal network method).
Note – You must modprobe the bonding module for each bonded interface. If you
wish to create bond0 and bond1, two entries in modprobe.conf are required.
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