HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.2.1

a. Identify the node on which Ethernet NIC bonding will be configured.
NOTE: The node must have at least two free Ethernet interfaces.
b. Determine the names of the Ethernet devices and their MAC addresses for the Ethernet
NICs you want to bond.
Use the following command to find the Ethernet device information for all node types
except the HP Integrity rx8620:
# /usr/sbin/lshw -class network
...
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 11
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:00
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 11
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:01
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@05:01.0
logical name: eth2
version: 10
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:02
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@06:01.0
logical name: eth3
version: 10
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:03
...
The Ethernet device information, taken from the logical name: and serial: fields,
is summarized here:
MAC AddressEthernet Device
00:00:00:00:00:00eth0
00:00:00:00:00:01eth1
00:00:00:00:00:02eth2
00:00:00:00:00:03eth3
Use the following command to find the Ethernet device information for if the node is
an HP Integrity rx8620:
9.5 Bonding Ethernet Network Interface Cards for Failover 137