NIC Bonding in RHEL/CentOS 6

1. create bond0 config file

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0

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DEVICE=bond0

IPADDR=10.10.10.11

NETWORK=10.10.10.0

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

USRCTL=no

BOOTPROTO=none

ONBOOT=yes
--- END EDIT ---

2. edit the following files:

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

--- START EDIT ---

DEVICE=eth0

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

HWADDR=00:0C:29:8D:FB:EF

TYPE=Ethernet

UUID=5606b424-2186-410d-9dbc-dcb65b330bd9

ONBOOT=yes

NM_CONTROLLED=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

--- END EDIT ---

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

--- START EDIT ---

DEVICE=eth1

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

HWADDR=00:25:B5:0B:B1:00

TYPE=Ethernet

UUID=6353d563-0a85-47d2-b566-37f6c91c8973

ONBOOT=yes

NM_CONTROLLED=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

--- END EDIT ---

3. create bond module file

# vi /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

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alias bond0 bonding

options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100

--- END EDIT ---

4. restart network

# service network restart