📌 Requirements
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AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux 8/9
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Two or more physical NICs (e.g.,
eno1,eno2) -
Switch configured for LACP
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Root or
sudoaccess
✅ Step 1: Identify Your Network Interfaces
nmcli device status
Note down the names of your NICs (e.g., eno1, eno2).
✅ Step 2: Create the Bond Interface bond0 with LACP
sudo nmcli connection add type bond con-name bond0 ifname bond0 mode 802.3ad miimon 100
This creates a bond0 interface using LACP (802.3ad).
✅ Step 3: Add Slave Interfaces to the Bond
Replace eno1 and eno2 with your actual NIC names:
sudo nmcli connection add type ethernet con-name eno1-slave ifname eno1 master bond0
sudo nmcli connection add type ethernet con-name eno2-slave ifname eno2 master bond0
✅ Step 4: Assign an IP Address to bond0
sudo nmcli connection modify bond0 ipv4.addresses YOUR_SERVER_IP/CIDR
sudo nmcli connection modify bond0 ipv4.gateway YOUR_GATEWAY
sudo nmcli connection modify bond0 ipv4.dns 1.1.1.1
sudo nmcli connection modify bond0 ipv4.method manual
✅ Step 5: Enable Autoconnect
sudo nmcli connection modify bond0 connection.autoconnect yes
sudo nmcli connection modify eno1-slave connection.autoconnect yes
sudo nmcli connection modify eno2-slave connection.autoconnect yes
✅ Step 6: Bring Up the Connections
sudo nmcli connection up bond0
sudo nmcli connection up eno1-slave
sudo nmcli connection up eno2-slave
✅ Step 7: Check Bonding Status
cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Look for:
Bonding Mode: 802.3ad
Slave Interface(s)
MII Status: up
Aggregator ID
🆘 Need Help?
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