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- Create the bond0 configuration file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0.
- Add the following lines:
DEVICE=“bond0”
NAME=“bond0”
BOOTPROTO=“static”
IPV6INIT=“no”
NM_CONTROLLED=“no”
USERCTL=“no”
ONBOOT=“yes”
IPADDR=
PREFIX=
GATEWAY=
BONDING_OPTS=“mode=4 miimon=100 lacp_rate=fast xmit_hash_policy=1”
NOTE: In today's retail environment, POS devices may be a smartphone or tablet computer with a physically connected card-reader. Alternatively, they may be “ wireless” readers using one of many wireless protocols such as Near Field Communications (NFC), Bluetooth, etc. However, the principal concept is the same: the card is present in front of the merchant, adding a level of verification not found in “card not present” transactions. - To load the bond0 interface into the kernel, create /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf.
shell> vi /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
- Add the following line to it:
shell> vi /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
- Create/Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1.
- Add the following lines:
DEVICE=“em1”
NAME=“em1”
TYPE=“Ethernet”
BOOTPROTO=“none”
IPV6INIT=“no”
NM_CONTROLLED=“no”
USERCTL=“no”
ONBOOT=“yes”
UUID=“28c26039-0e5d-4910-b544-1b46cc9c0023”
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes - Create/Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em2.
- Add the following lines:
DEVICE=“em2”
NAME=“em2”
TYPE=“Ethernet”
BOOTPROTO=“none”
IPV6INIT=“no”
NM_CONTROLLED=“no”
USERCTL=“no”
ONBOOT=“yes”
UUID=“c11c3b5d-c58b-499b-91be-72e686711815”
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes - Enter the following command to make sure module bonding is loaded:
shell> lsmod | grep -i bonding
If it is not loaded, load the module with the following command:shell> modprobe bonding
- Restart networking:
shell> systemctl restart network
- Check the status of the bonding interface with the following command:
shell> cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0