Create NIC bonding (team/teaming) in linux

Create NIC  bonding (team) in linux

1. In /etc/modprobe.d create a file called bonding.conf

Add the below mentioned line in /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf

alias bond0 bonding

2.Modify eth0, eth1 (Locate in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts)

File: ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=none

ONBOOT=yes

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

USERCTL=no

File: ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1

BOOTPROTO=none

ONBOOT=yes

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

USERCTL=no

3. Create the configuration files for bond0.

File: ifcfg-bond0

DEVICE=bond0

IPADDR=192.168.0.126

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

USERCTL=no

BONDING_OPTS=”miimon=1000 mode=active-backup”

4. service network restart

5. Ifconfig

#cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
=>Check bonding mode

you can also see this Link

 http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/testing-nic-bonding-on-rhel6/