Check Bonding and Interface Status for SR-IOV

💡 Quick Answer: Use ip -o link show | grep master and cat /proc/net/bonding/<bond> to identify which interfaces are bond slaves and avoid selecting those PFs in SR-IOV policies.

Before targeting PFs in SR-IOV policies, verify each interface’s relationship to host networking.

List Bonds and Slaves

ip -o link show | grep -E "master|bond"

Inspect Each Bond

cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
cat /proc/net/bonding/bond1

Look for:

• Slave interfaces
• LACP mode and partner state
• Link speed and status

Check Single Interface State

ip link show eno17095np0

If output contains master bondX, the interface is a bond slave.

SR-IOV Policy Safety Checklist

• Selector points to intended PFs.
• Target PFs are not accidentally selected via broad filters.
• Node selectors constrain policies to intended workers.

Useful Companion Checks

nmcli connection show
ovs-vsctl show

Use these to understand how host networking is wired before applying SR-IOV changes.