Update: following the info in http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/128439/good-detailed- explanation-of-etc-network-interfaces-syntax this issue is resolved using the following modification. I believe this gives the NIC driver time to start and initialize properly, so then the bond slaves are in the up state:
#First slave allow-hotplug eth2 iface eth2 inet manual bond-master bond0 #Second slave allow-hotplug eth3 iface eth3 inet manual bond-master bond0 # Bond auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 10.10.20.224 netmask 255.255.255.0 bond-slaves none bond-mode balance-rr bond-miimon 100 bond-downdelay 200 bond-updelay 200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415302 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 bonding slaves stay down after boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifenslave-2.6/+bug/1415302/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
