Hi,

> Hello,
> 
> On a recently installed SL5.2 x86_64 server configured with bonding
> of ethernet interfaces, the machine was freezed during the night and
> with no activity. I found at least one reference to a similar 
> problem :
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468027
> 
> I am wondering if some of you had the same problem and if there is
> a chance that it is fixed soon... I find it quite serious.
> 
> Here is the config :
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> ONBOOT=yes
> DEVICE=eth0
> TYPE=Ethernet
> BOOTPROTO=none
> MASTER=bond0
> SLAVE=yes
>   /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> ONBOOT=yes
> DEVICE=eth1
> TYPE=Ethernet
> BOOTPROTO=none
> MASTER=bond0
> SLAVE=yes
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
> ONBOOT=yes
> DEVICE=bond0
> TYPE=Ethernet
> BOOTPROTO=static
> IPADDR=134.158.24.132
> NETMASK=255.255.248.0
> BROADCAST=134.158.31.255
> /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias eth0 bnx2
> alias eth1 bnx2
> alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid_sas
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix
> alias bond0 bonding
> options bonding miimon=100 mode=4

For this (on a 5.2 i386 box), I have:

options bond0 mode=1 miimon=100 use_carrier=1

and it's never failed.

I haven't yet used bonding on SL5.2 x86_64.

Regards,

Michael.

> Thanks
> 
> JM
> 
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