Ubuntu Bonding (trunk) with LACP

Linux allows us to bond multiple network interfaces into single interface using a special kernel module named bonding. The Linux bonding driver provides a method for combining multiple network interfaces into a single logical “bonded” interface.

sudo apt-get install ifenslave-2.6

Now, we have to make sure that the correct kernel module bonding is present, and loaded at boot time.
Edit /etc/modules file:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.
bonding

As you can see we added “bonding”.
Now stop the network service:

service networking stop

Load the module (or reboot server):

sudo modprobe bonding

Now edit the interfaces configuration to support bonding and LACP.

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual
    bond-master bond0
 
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
    bond-master bond0
 
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
    # For jumbo frames, change mtu to 9000
    mtu 1500
    address 192.31.1.2
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 192.31.1.0
    broadcast 192.31.1.255
    gateway 192.31.1.1
    bond-miimon 100
    bond-downdelay 200 
    bond-updelay 200 
    bond-mode 4
    bond-slaves none

Now start the network service again

service networking start

Verify the bond is up:

cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0

Output should be something like:

~$ cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.7.1 (April 27, 2011)
 
Bonding Mode: IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation
Transmit Hash Policy: layer2 (0)
MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 0
Up Delay (ms): 0
Down Delay (ms): 0
 
802.3ad info
LACP rate: slow
Min links: 0
Aggregator selection policy (ad_select): stable
Active Aggregator Info:
    Aggregator ID: 1
    Number of ports: 2
    Actor Key: 33
    Partner Key: 2
    Partner Mac Address: cc:e1:7f:2b:82:80
 
Slave Interface: eth1
MII Status: up
Speed: 10000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:4f:26:c5
Aggregator ID: 1
Slave queue ID: 0
 
Slave Interface: eth2
MII Status: up
Speed: 10000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:4f:26:cf
Aggregator ID: 1
Slave queue ID: 0