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title: "Network | Bonding | Create"
description: "This section details how to create a bonding interface along with the available configuration options. ## Create Bonding Interface Form [![relianoid load balancer v8 network bonding create](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/relianoid_EE8_network_bonding_create_.webp)](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/relianoid_EE8_network_bonding_create_.webp) **Name**. Enter a name for the new bonding interface. The name must be…"
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updated: "2024-07-04"
category: Enterprise Edition / Administration Guide v8 / Network
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# Network | Bonding | Create

This section details how to create a bonding interface along with the available configuration options.

## Create Bonding Interface Form

[![relianoid load balancer v8 network bonding create](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/relianoid_EE8_network_bonding_create_.webp)](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/relianoid_EE8_network_bonding_create_.webp)

**Name**. Enter a name for the new bonding interface. The name must be less than 16 characters.
  **Mode**. Select from the following supported modes.

- **Round-robin policy**. Sequentially transmits packets from the first available slave to the last, providing both load balancing and fault tolerance.
- **Active-backup policy**. Only one slave is active at a time; another slave becomes active if the active one fails. The MAC address is visible externally on only one port to avoid confusion.
- **XOR policy**. Transmits based on the XOR of source and destination MAC addresses, ensuring the same slave for each destination MAC address.
- **Broadcast policy**. Transmits everything on all slave interfaces, ensuring fault tolerance.
- **IEEE 802.3ad LACP**. Aggregates groups sharing the same speed and duplex settings, requiring network interface and switch support. **Pre-requisites**:
  - Network interface support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave.
  - A switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Most switches will need some type of configuration to enable 802.3ad mode.
- **Adaptive transmit load balancing**. Distributes outgoing traffic relative to current load and assigns incoming traffic to the current slave, ensuring no special switch support is needed. **Pre-requisite**: Base driver support for retrieving the speed of each slave.

**Slaves**. Select unused NIC interfaces to include in the new bonding interface. These NICs must be down and without configuration.

After making all necessary changes, click the **Apply** button to create the new bonding interface.

## Notes

**Restoring MAC addresses**: Deleting the bonding interface restores member interface MAC addresses to their original states.
  **Bonding MAC address**: Taken from the first member device.
  **Member interface exclusivity**: Each member interface can be part of only one bonding interface.
  **Interface locking**: An interface in a bonding interface is locked.
  **Mode change limitation**: Bonding mode cannot be changed after creating the bonding interface, but member interfaces can be added or removed as needed.

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