NIC Bonding on XenServer

Changing the Bond Mode of an existing Bond

1) Get the host UUID

xe host-list

2) Get the PIF's UUID

xe pif-list host-uuid=<HOST_UUID>

3) Change the mode:

Possible Bond Modes:

balance-rr
active-backup
balance-xor
broadcast
802.3ad
balance-tlb
balance-alb
balance-slb

xe pif-param-set uuid=<PIF_UUID> other-config:bond-mode=<802.3ad>

Checking the state of a Bonded NIC

cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0

Reference

http://quorumsoft.com/kb/index.php/article/lacp-bond