I want to be able to change the bond mode of an interface using the ip link command, but I can't figure out the correct syntax. The help text for the command is:
$ ip link help bond
Usage: ... bond [ mode BONDMODE ] [ active_slave SLAVE_DEV ]
[ clear_active_slave ] [ miimon MIIMON ]
[ updelay UPDELAY ] [ downdelay DOWNDELAY ]
[ use_carrier USE_CARRIER ]
[ arp_interval ARP_INTERVAL ]
[ arp_validate ARP_VALIDATE ]
[ arp_all_targets ARP_ALL_TARGETS ]
[ arp_ip_target [ ARP_IP_TARGET, ... ] ]
[ primary SLAVE_DEV ]
[ primary_reselect PRIMARY_RESELECT ]
[ fail_over_mac FAIL_OVER_MAC ]
[ xmit_hash_policy XMIT_HASH_POLICY ]
[ resend_igmp RESEND_IGMP ]
[ num_grat_arp|num_unsol_na NUM_GRAT_ARP|NUM_UNSOL_NA ]
[ all_slaves_active ALL_SLAVES_ACTIVE ]
[ min_links MIN_LINKS ]
[ lp_interval LP_INTERVAL ]
[ packets_per_slave PACKETS_PER_SLAVE ]
[ tlb_dynamic_lb TLB_DYNAMIC_LB ]
[ lacp_rate LACP_RATE ]
[ ad_select AD_SELECT ]
[ ad_user_port_key PORTKEY ]
[ ad_actor_sys_prio SYSPRIO ]
[ ad_actor_system LLADDR ]
BONDMODE := balance-rr|active-backup|balance-xor|broadcast|802.3ad|balance-tlb|balance-alb
ARP_VALIDATE := none|active|backup|all
ARP_ALL_TARGETS := any|all
PRIMARY_RESELECT := always|better|failure
FAIL_OVER_MAC := none|active|follow
XMIT_HASH_POLICY := layer2|layer2+3|layer3+4|encap2+3|encap3+4
LACP_RATE := slow|fast
AD_SELECT := stable|bandwidth|count
I've tried many variations of the command, an example shown below. I know that I can use the interfaces files of various distributions to set the mode, but I just wanted to be able to use the ip link command, it's very useful to me for real time troubleshooting without reboots.
$ ip link set dev bt mode 0
Error: argument "0" is wrong: Invalid link mode
$ ip link set dev bt mode active-backup
Error: argument "active-backup" is wrong: Invalid link mode
thank you
