From Linux on Power wiki
- modprobe.conf
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=active-backup arp_interval=2000 arp_ip_target=10.186.38.1
alias eth0 ibmveth
alias eth1 ibmveth
alias scsi_hostadapter ibmvscsic
- ifcfg.bond0
DEVICE=bond0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.55
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
- ifcfg.eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
TYPE=Ethernet
- ifcfg.eth1
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
TYPE=Ethernet