Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Seventh Edition, July 2007

Building an HA Cluster Configuration
Implementing Channel Bonding (SUSE)
Chapter 5162
NOTE It is better not to restart the network from outside the cluster subnet, as
there is a chance the network could go down before the command can
complete.
If there was an error in any of the bonding configuration files, the
network might not function properly. If this occurs, check each
configuration file for errors, then try to restart the network again.