NAME
ifcfg-bonding - interface bonding configuration
SYNOPSIS
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-bond*
Bonding Interfaces
To setup a bonding interface you need a configuration file ifcfg-bond<X> with the usual network settings. But you must add additional variables
BONDING_MASTER | |
must be set to yes to identify this interface as a bonding interface | |
BONDING_SLAVE_<X> | |
here you specify the interface name representing the slave network device. | |
BONDING_OPTS | |
contains additional options for ifenslave, this one is optional and not important for most cases. For additional information take a look into the documentation mentioned at the bottom of this section. | |
BONDING_MODULE_OPTS | |
contains additional options for the bonding kernel module. Here you can set
interface timeouts or working modes (mode=1 for backup mode). For additional
information take a look into the documentation mentioned at the bottom.
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Example
Example for a bonding device on eth0 and eth1 using the backup mode
ifcfg-bond0
STARTMODE=onboot
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.1/24
BONDING_MASTER=yes
BONDING_SLAVE_0=eth0
BONDING_SLAVE_1=eth1
BONDING_MODULE_OPTS=mode=1 # backup mode
Additional Information
For additional and more general information take a look into /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt. Maybe you need to install the kernel sources to get this additional documentation.
The configuration of routes for this kind of interface does not differ from ordinary interfaces. See man routes for details.
BUGS
Please report bugs at <http://www.suse.de/feedback>
AUTHOR
Christian Zoz <zoz@suse.de> -- ifup script Wilken Gottwalt <wgottwalt@suse.de> -- ifcfg-bonding manual page