Hi, > I've seen this warning a few times in dmesg: > > bonding: bond0: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of eth0 - 00:17:AA:BB:CC:14 - is > still in use by bond0. Set the HWaddr of eth0 to a different address to avoid > conflicts. > > > > Checked the kbase and found this article: > https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC- > 37419 <https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-37419> that says you can > specify a > hardware address in the ifcfg-bond0 file. Can this address be arbitrary? I > put in > MACADDR=11:22:33:44:55 and it seemed to work. Is it a problem if two servers > use > the same MAC address for their bonding interface? Well it also states:
Resolution *This message is a warning only, and does not indicate a problem. So it think it's safe to ignore. Regarding servers with the same MAC address, if they are on the same vlan/net you will have a problem for sure. I think it's wise to better avoid this. Cheers, Andre _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
