Solaris 10 Oracle VDI VirtualBox 3.2 USB support

Dear folks,
This my first time to the forum, since we are in the progress of deploying 240+ thin clients using Oracle VDI. I was piloting the project in a desktop machines with Sunray 3i. I installed Solaris 10 9/10 and Oracle VDI 3.2.1. However, while I was creating WinXP VM in Virtualbox 3.2 -the one which came with Oracle VDI 3.2- I got that error about being unable to connect to USB proxy server. Eventually this error leads to that all my VMs doesn't support USB redirection. So USB flash disk drive doesn't work in my Sunray 3i. Reading VirtualBox documentation Installing on Solaris hosts , I came across this info "*This does not apply to Solaris 10 hosts due to lack of USB support.*" Is this real?
Does this mean I can't redirect USB hardware to my VMs in the server via Sunray 3i? If this is true, what is the workaround for this problem?
Please advise me. . .

Other than the documentation stating it doesn't work, in practice have you tested it to not work also?
We have two Solaris 10u5 machines running Vbox 3.2.12 and they pass through USB fine with our Sun Ray 3's (not 3i's but that shouldn't matter).
Did you enable USB passthrough in the VDI core by selecting the desktop pool and going to the Settings -> Sun Ray RDP Settings? Theres checkboxes to enable USB/smartcard pass through.

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Does anyone have an indication on how to configure Solaris 10 IPMP in a manner that supports Oracle VDI?
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The is a proposal pdf on Oracle website that mentions IPMP, so someone has done it. Just could do with a hint on how it was done so that it works.
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OK, updating this with what was causing the issue.
Not an IPMP problem this was a DNS problem. The VDI servers have access to two DNS environments, so had a DNS search path that had the domain where the VMs where going to go and another for management of the box with two DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf.
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Installing Oracle VDI 3.3 into a zone on Solaris x86

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to install Oracle VDI into a zone on an Oracle Solaris Express x86 machine. When I unzip the installer and run ./vda-install in the top dir I get this error:
Oracle VDI 3.3 Installation
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+ Installing Oracle VDI Center Agent...
+ Installing MySQL Database...
+ Installing Oracle VDI Web server...
+ Installing Oracle VDI Manager...
+ Installing RDP Broker...
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+ Installing Java Runtime Environment...
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Anyone know when will Oracle VDI support Oracle VM Server x86?

Hi there.
Is there a roadmap or plan for Oracle VDI support Oracle VM server x86?
I think we need enterprise class(type-1) hypervisor.
DH,

I dont think its in the roadmap because Oracle VM does not lend itself nicely to all the technology deeply embedded in Oracle VDI, namely, VRDP which is a proprietary remote desktop protocol Oracle VDI leverages to paint screens directly from a VirtualBox remote display session. The only thin Oracle VM (Xen) has close to this is the dated VNC protocol.
We went down this road early on, expecting Oracle VDI to integrate, but the more we learn about how Oracle VDI does things, the more it doesn't make sense to adapt Oracle VM Server to do this.
I don't know Oracles plans surrounding this (who does?) but it would seem it would take ALOT of work and redesign to make that happen, whereas they already acquired Oracle VDI (and VirtualBox) from their SUN acquisition.

[SOLVED]USB support in virtualbox guest OS

I have a Windows 7 64 bit guest in virtualbox
[inxs ~ ]$ paclocs virtualbox
local/virtualbox 4.0.8-4
Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
local/virtualbox-ext-oracle 4.0.8-1
Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
[inxs ~ ]$
I also have the latest guest additions installed. I have been trying to get access to my iPod, so I can transfer some songs without having to boot into my Windows (the dual boot one). gtkpod does not recognize my iPod for some reason - but that's for another thread.
In any case, I found that not only the iPod, but I cannot access any usb flash drives either. I tried the filters, but that didn't work. So here's what I have tried so far :
I tried this post and this thread : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50239 but neither option work for me.
This thread on virtualbox forums is the same problem I have but alas they don't have any solution.
And finally this doesnt help either
They are all basically minor variations of the same solution.
Here are my details:
[inxs ~ ]$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=03 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1005 ProdID=b113 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=
S: Product=USB FLASH DRIVE
S: SerialNumber=19570E14032E
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=200mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usbfs
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 64 Ivl=1ms
[inxs ~ ]$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb/001/003
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root vboxusers 57 Jun 21 19:55 /proc/bus/usb/001/003
[inxs ~ ]$ groups
lp wheel video audio optical storage power users vboxusers
[inxs ~ ]$
So as you can see the usb drive is on bus 01, device 03, and ls of that device shows that it belongs to vboxusers group and my user belongs to that group
[inxs ~ ]$ grep vboxusers /etc/group
vboxusers:x:108:inxs
[inxs ~ ]$
So the devgid is 108, but none of the lines suggested in the linked threads in fstab work for me
I do not have a group called usb, but I have one called usbmux -- Is that the devgid that I have to use?My user does not belong to that group.
[inxs ~ ]$ grep usb /etc/group
usbmux:x:140:
[inxs ~ ]$

ewaller wrote:You said USB drives. Have you tried any other classes of USB devices?
I am not sure what exactly you mean by classes, but I tried 2 different usb keys, an iPod and a portable usb HDD and a Logitech webcam
ewaller wrote:Do the devices show up in the VB USB device menu ?
Are they enabled or grayed?
Yes they do show up in the VB USB device menu and they are all enabled. When I select them to allow the guest to access them, Windows 7 tried to install the driver, but then invariably fails no matter how many times I try.
ewaller wrote:Some of the links indicated the devices are allocated to VM, but show up as unknown devices -- Is that what you are seeing?
Nope. See above.
ewaller wrote:What are the vendor / product codes of your USB Controller(s)
[inxs ~ ]$ lspci | grep USB
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
[inxs ~ ]$
[inxs ~ ]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1058:0900 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. MyBook Essential External HDD
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1005:b113 Apacer Technology, Inc. Handy Steno 2.0/HT203
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 041e:4055 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Video IM Pro
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1004 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 413c:3016 Dell Computer Corp. Optical 5-Button Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:2006 Dell Computer Corp.
Thanks Eric.

USB Support in Solaris

Does Solaris provide an accessible USB stack upon which drivers can be created for support of custom USB devices?
If so, where can I find documentation on implementing USB drivers in Solaris?
Thanks,
Rich Moran

3rd party USB drivers are not yet supported. The details of the interface have not been sufficiently worked out to make a general purpose interface available. It could be possible to get access to the interfaces as they stand by making a deal under NDA.

[SOLVED] Virtualbox and USB Support

I use Virtualbox quite regularly for work and school. I have Windows installed within Virtualbox, and I use it whenever school or work requires. However, USB support has never worked for me (even with the fstab addition) and I thought maybe I'll spend some time to figure this out.
Basically, I may want to do things like insert a flash drive and make it available to the VM, or even sometimes an MP3 player or even my PSP. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work. There USB filters, but often times the device I want is greyed out, and can't be selected. When I am able to select a device to create a filter, it doesn't do anything. I did check the Wiki already.
Maybe I'm missing something? Or is USB support in Virtualbox just that bad? I was hoping there would be some sort of way I can dedicate a USB port to Virtualbox, and make it exclusive. I think VMWare can do that but I'm not sure that Virtualbox can.
Last edited by jlacroix (2010-10-19 02:41:44)

I hope it's ok to post in this thread because if I started a new thread the title would be identical. I am also using virtualbox_bin from AUR and while USB passthrough works just fine to my Windows XP guest, it can't be working any faster than USB v1.1 speed. I have the appropriate entry in /etc/fstab and am a member of the virtualbox group. No permissions problems and from what I can tell there's no corruption of data to/from any of my USB flash drives. The only issue I've had other than the aforementioned lack of speed is with a 1TB Western Digital Passport. It seemed to have "lost" some directories. In other words they appeared completely empty on the XP side. After shutting down the guest I verified that all of the files were indeed still there and intact. I've basically chalked that one up to a deficiency in Windows XP. But this speed issue is seriously holding me back.

Uttsc 'Illegal Option S' Oracle VDI 3.1

UPDATE: Solved.
Issue was with missing patches - We had removed the patch installation for SRSS and SRWC as part of the install process for VDA 3.2 as these produced errors when installing on Solaris 10 x86. Applied the patches and everything works as intended.
Hi Everyone,
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Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -c      Application path, requires -a
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -C                Use shared colourmap
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -k           Keyboard type
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -l           Locale
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -E      Enable window manager decorations
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -m                Full screen mode, cannot be used with -g
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -b                Disable pulldown header, requires -m
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -K                Handle shortcuts locally, cannot be used with -m
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -g [+|-+|-]
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Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -x           Launch on specified display
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Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -O                Enable optimized hotdesking
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -n      Client name
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -u           User name
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -d           Domain name, requires -u
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -p               Read password from TTY, requires -u and cannot be used with -i
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -i               Read password from STDIN, cannot be used with -p
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -z               Disable compression
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -A      Use specified color depth
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -s               Console session connection
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -t           Connection Timeout in Sec
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -B               Disable backing store
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -T      Window Title, cannot be used with -b
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -M off|xvideo|xvenc|all Enable media playback over XVideo and XvEnc extensions
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice] -r Enable device redirection as specified
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice]      [-r comport:=,...] : Enable Serial redirection
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice]      [-r printer:[=]...] : Enable Printer redirection
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice]      [-r disk:=,...] : Enable drive redirection
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice]      [-r sound:low|high|off] : Audio redirection
Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3584]: [ID 702911 user.notice]      [-r scard:on] : Enable smartcard redirection
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Sep 19 23:49:37 sr02 kiosk:vda[3612]: [ID 702911 user.error] /opt/SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc exited with error code 1 - exitingEdited by: AKGRAMMAR on Sep 19, 2010 10:30 PM

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I have just come across this application after I downloaded "Open Office" from Oracle, a free Office Suite. I sounds like this "VirtualBox" is like parallel desktops, but for many diffeent OS's besides Windows. Here is the website: http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/061976.html
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As others have said, it has been around for years. I used it to run Windows XP in both Tiger and Leopard, but when I upgraded to Snow Leopard the then current version of Virtual Box was not ready for the new Mac system, so I never installed it.
It worked fine, once it got set-up properly, but setting it up was not exactly easy. Like many open source applications it was a bit non-intuitive for a Mac user, and the directions were not particularly clear. I believe it took several weeks before everything was working the way I wanted (to be fair, I did want to set it up in a slightly non-standard way).
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Francine
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Sunray Server and DTUs USB Support

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Installation of Oracle VDI 3.4.1 fails at applying the Sun Ray patch

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Solaris 10 u9 x86 full installation with recommend patches (OK its a ESXi 64 bit virtual machine, but need to test before I try it on the real hardware)
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# This Fails !
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mkdir /software/vdi_332_Solaris86-64
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./vda-install
Root is a ZFS partition and unzip -q works fine (I summed all files in both structures and they are the same). There is something in the vda-install that breaks due to it being a separate ZFS partition.
Paul

Oracle VM VirtualBox isn't running since OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks last update

Hi
MacBook Air, 1.7 GHz intel Core i5
4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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Contact the developers for tech support. This is not an Apple product. Be sure you have the latest version installed.

Oracle VM VirtualBox need~ VT-x /Intel Virtulization Technology missing in BIOS?

My laptop is lenovo S440,which is running Intel® Core™ i5-4200U Processor.
I checked that Intel official website,the processor support Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x).
However,by the time I running Oracle VM VirtualBOX,it prompt that
"VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature and will fail to boot without it."
I try to enable it at BIOS ~Config>CPU,however I can't see option of Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x). to be select,so I have no way to enable/disable it.
Am I go to the correct path to do the configuration at BIOS?

Hello and welcome,
Have you also looked under BIOS->Security->Virtualization?
Z.
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GUIDE: Oracle VM VirtualBox and Oracle Linux NIC bonding

Author: Dude
Date: 01-Jun-2013
Version: B
Last updates:
23-Jul-2013, changes required due to forum upgrade
The following is provided in the hope that it might be useful. If you wish to use it for the purpose of reference, presentation or education, please include the link or information to this forum posting. Thank you!
What is Linux network interface bonding? Simply put, the Linux system provides a kernel driver, which can create a logical network device (bond) using 2 or more Network Interface Controllers (NIC) to accomplish link-aggregation and adapter fault-tolerance. For more information, please see the Deployment Guide at https://linux.oracle.com/documentation/
The channel bonding interface supports several modes of operation. In a typical active-backup set up for fault-tolerance, the system performs MII-based health monitoring of the network interface slaves (eth0, eth1) and assigns them according to bond options and interface availability. In active-backup mode (mode 1), only the current active network device is seen externally.
Linux bonding for fault-tolerance under Oracle VM VirtualBox does not seem to function as advertised. Searching the Internet for more information shows that other people have tried to set up Linux bonding using various virtualization products, virtual host network adapter and bonding options, but without success.
It appears the management of Media Access Control addresses (MAC) interferes with internal routing methods between the host and the virtual machine guest. Using the modinfo bonding command (fig. 1) shows a listing of available parameters for the bonding kernel module. The fail_over_mac parameter addresses the Mac address issue in VirtualBox.
Fig.1
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filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.39-400.17.1.el6uek.x86_64
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Configuration Example
Virtualization Product: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2.10
VM Guest OS: Oracle Linux 6.4 (x64)
VM adapter settings: Bridged Adapter, Paravirtualized Network (virtio-net)
Adapter1 (eth0): 080027436617, en0, Ethernet 1
Adapter2 (eth1): 08002708F36A, en0, Ethernet 1
Note: If you wish to reset the network adapter names and MAC addresses used by the Oracle Linux guest system, erase the content of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and restart the virtual machine.
1. Create or modify the following configuration files:
/etc/modprobe.d/bonding-eth0_eth1.conf
alias bond0 bonding
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0
IPADDR=10.0.2.12
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
GATEWAY=10.0.0.138
DNS1=10.0.0.138
DNS2=8.8.8.8
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 miimon=100 fail_over_mac=1"
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
2. Restart the system or network services (root):
Fig. 2
# service network restart
Configuration Test
Enter the following commands as user root to verify proper operation of NIC bonding:
Fig. 3
# tail /var/log/messages
bond0: setting mode to active-backup (1).
bond0: Setting MII monitoring interval to 100.
bond0: Setting fail_over_mac to active (1).
bond0: Adding slave eth0.
bond0: making interface eth0 the new active one.
bond0: first active interface up!
bond0: enslaving eth0 as an active interface with an up link.
bond0: Adding slave eth1.
bond0: enslaving eth1 as a backup interface with an up link.
Fig. 4
# ifconfig
bond0     Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:43:66:17
          inet addr:10.0.2.12 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe43:6617/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:43:66:17
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:08:F3:6A
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Fig. 5
# netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0         10.0.0.138      0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 bond0
10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 bond0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 bond0
Fig. 6
# ifconfig eth0 down
# tail /var/log/messages
bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it
bond0: making interface eth1 the new active one.
# ifconfig
bond0     Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:08:F3:6A
          inet addr:10.0.2.12 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe43:6617/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:08:F3:6A
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Fig. 7
# ifconfig eth0 up
# ifconfig eth1 down
# tail /var/log/messages
bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0, 4294967295 Mbps full duplex.
bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it
bond0: making interface eth0 the new active one.
# ifconfig
bond0     Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:43:66:17
          inet addr:10.0.2.12 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe43:6617/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:43:66:17
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
During the above test, the client network connection from host 10.0.0.1 (ssh) was maintained without any noticeable interruption. As it can be seen from the syslog and ifconfig command output, the bond0 interface was automatically assigned either the MAC address of eth0 or eth1 and the fail-over worked as advertised.
Good luck!

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