[root@ns1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
#HWADDR=00:0c:29:00:58:ae
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
#ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 1000 duplex full autoneg off"
ONBOOT=yes

[root@ns1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
#HWADDR=00:0c:29:00:58:b8
USERCTL=no
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
ONBOOT=yes

[root@ns1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0

DEVICE=bond0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.20.255
IPADDR=192.168.20.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.20.0
TYPE=Ethernet
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no

[root@ns1 ~]# vi /etc/modprobe.conf

alias eth0 pcnet32
alias scsi_hostadapter mptbase
alias scsi_hostadapter1 mptspi
alias scsi_hostadapter2 ata_piix
alias eth1 pcnet32
alias bond0 bonding #Add module bonding on loaded kernel
options bond0 mode=0 miimon=100 updelay=100 downdelay=100 #Setting
bond0 to mode Load Balancing and *delay setting is show delay up/down a
nic

[root@ns1 ~]# /etc/init.d/network stop

[root@ns1 ~]# modprobe -r bonding #Remove bonding from module kernel if
previous already loaded
[root@ns1 ~]# /etc/init.d/network restart #Restart Network include load
module bonding
[root@ns1 ~]# watch -n1 "cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0" #Check status NIC
1 & NIC2 in bond0 interface
Every 1.0s: cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Thu May 14 02:31:06 2009

Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.2.4 (January 28, 2008)

Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin)

MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
Up Delay (ms): 100
Down Delay (ms): 100

Slave Interface: eth0

MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:00:58:ae

Slave Interface: eth1

MII Status: up
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:0c:29:00:58:b8

[CTRL+C] for exit

[root@ns1 ~]# ifconfig

bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:00:58:AE
inet addr:192.168.20.2 Bcast:192.168.20.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe00:58ae/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3076 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2811 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240768 (235.1 KiB) TX bytes:230603 (225.1 KiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:00:58:AE

UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1634 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:126312 (123.3 KiB) TX bytes:126607 (123.6 KiB)
Interrupt:169 Base address:0x2000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:00:58:AE

UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1451 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:114996 (112.3 KiB) TX bytes:106014 (103.5 KiB)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0x2080

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5028 (4.9 KiB) TX bytes:5028 (4.9 KiB)

REFERENCES:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-
interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/static/linux-ethernet-bonding-
driver-howto.php#section_4
http://www.howtoforge.com/network_card_bonding_centos