RHEL / CentOS 7 Network Teaming

Below is an example on how to configure network teaming on RHEL/CentOS 7. It is assumed that you have at least two interface cards.

Show Current Network Interfaces

[root@rhce-server ~]$ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eno16777736: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:69:bf:87 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eno33554984: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:69:bf:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

The two devices I will be teaming are eno33554984 and eno16777736.

Create the Team Interface

[root@rhce-server ~]$ nmcli connection add type team con-name team0 ifname team0 config '{"runner": {"name": "activebackup"}}'

This will configure the interface for activebackup. Other runners include broadcast, roundrobin, loadbalance, and lacp.

Configure team0’s IP Address

[root@rhce-server ~]# nmcli connection modify team0 ipv4.addresses 192.168.1.22/24
[root@rhce-server ~]# nmcli connection modify team0 ipv4.method manual

You can also configure IPv6 address by setting the ipv6.addresses field.

Configure the Team Slaves

[root@rhce-server ~]# nmcli connection add type team-slave con-name team0-slave1 ifname eno33554984 master team0 
Connection 'team0-slave1' (4167ea50-7d3a-4024-98e1-3058a4dcf0fa) successfully added.
[root@rhce-server ~]# nmcli connection add type team-slave con-name team0-slave2 ifname eno16777736 master team0 
Connection 'team0-slave2' (d5ed65d1-16a7-4bc7-8c4d-78e17a1ed8b3) successfully added.

Check the Connection

[root@rhce-server ~]# teamdctl team0 state
setup:
  runner: activebackup
ports:
  eno16777736
    link watches:
      link summary: up
          instance[link_watch_0]:
        name: ethtool
        link: up
  eno33554984
    link watches:
      link summary: up
      instance[link_watch_0]:
       name: ethtool
        link: up
runner:
  active port: eno16777736

[root@rhce-server ~]# ping -I team0 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.1.24 team0: 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.38 ms
...

Test Failover

[root@rhce-server ~]# nmcli device disconnect eno16777736
[root@rhce-server ~]# teamdctl team0 state
setup:
  runner: activebackup
ports:
  eno33554984
    link watches:
      link summary: up
      instance[link_watch_0]:
        name: ethtool
        link: up
runner:
  active port: eno33554984