Description of problem: /var/log/messages: http://pastebin.ca/634468 /etc/modprobe.conf: http://pastebin.ca/635627 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0: http://pastebin.ca/635629 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: http://pastebin.ca/635630 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1: http://pastebin.ca/635631 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux vms1 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10 06:39:17 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable the interface on the switch 2. Enable the interface on the switch Actual results: A big trace in the log. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to service network restart Expected results: Additional info:
The bonding driver has undergone some significant updates for rhel5.1, some of which were to fix issues in similar sounding situations. If you would, please try out the latest rhel5.1 kernel and let us know if it resolves the problem for you. http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/
The lastest RHEL5 test kernels listed in Comment #1 should resolve this issue. Please give them a try and provide feedback as soon as possible. Thanks!
This will be fixed with the latest bonding update for RHEL5.3. You can try the test kernels in comment #1 and you will see they resolve this issue. If they do not, please re-open this bug. Thanks! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 268001 ***