IP Bonding with Ethernet device Load balancing


Two days before I implemented IP-bonding and Ethernet device load balance for my new server.
I followed the below mentioned steps,

Step-1:

Create bond0 file,

# cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

# vi ifcfg-bond0

DEVICE=bond0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
IPADDR=<ip-address>
NETMASK=<subnet-mask>
GATEWAY=<gateway-address>
#PEERDNS=no
BONDING_OPTS="mode=0 miimon=100"
TYPE=BOND

Save the file.

Note:-
BONDING_OPTS="mode=<value> miimon=<value>" --> by using this syntax we can implement load-balance, active-backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, 802.3ad, Balance TLB, Balance ALB.
mode=0 (Balance Round Robin)
mode=1 (Active backup)
mode=2 (Balance XOR)
mode=3 (Broadcast)
mode=4 (802.3ad)
mode=5 (Balance TLB)
mode=6 (Balance ALB)

Step-2:

Edit ethernet devices file which going to be configure for IP-bonding.

#vi ifcfg-eth1

TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
PEERDNS=no

Save the file

Do same thing for same for eth2 device.

Step-3:

Add the entry in below mentioned file,

# vi /etc/modprobe.conf

alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=0 miimon=100

Save the file.

Note:-

Here in options line you have to mention the mode value which is already given in ifcfg-bond0 file.

# modprobe –v bonding

# service network restart

Step-4 :

Verify the ethernet devices status in below mentioned location,

# cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0

Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.4.0-2 (October 7, 2008)

Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin) ß It’s configured for load balance.
MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
Up Delay (ms): 0
Down Delay (ms): 0

Slave Interface: eth0
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Slave Interface: eth1
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

# exit

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