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@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ arp_validate
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such a situation, validation of backup slaves must be
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disabled.
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+ The validation of ARP requests on backup slaves is mainly
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+ helping bonding to decide which slaves are more likely to
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+ work in case of the active slave failure, it doesn't really
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+ guarantee that the backup slave will work if it's selected
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+ as the next active slave.
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This option is useful in network configurations in which
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multiple bonding hosts are concurrently issuing ARPs to one or
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more targets beyond a common switch. Should the link between
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