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# sk105999 - Output of "cphaconf show_bond" command on VSX cluster shows the second slave as "Not available"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk105999 |
| Date Created | 2015-05-09 |
| Last Modified | 2019-04-01 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway, Spark Firewall (Locally Managed), Hardware |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.00.X, R81.10.X, Not Version-Specific |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- When you create a new bond in Gaia Clish with only *two* physical slaves on VSX cluster, the output of "*cphaconf show_bond* " command shows the second added slave as "*Not available*"

*Example*:

*

  ```
  
  [Expert@Member_1:0]# cphaconf show_bond bond0
  
  Bond name:      bond0
  Bond mode:      High Availability
  Bond status:    UP 
  Configured slave interfaces: 2
  In use slave interfaces:     2
  Required slave interfaces:   1
  
  Note: No backup slaves. Bond High Availability cannot perform failover.
  
  Slave name      | Status          | Link
  ----------------+-----------------+-------
  eth4            | Active          | Yes
  eth5            | Not Available   | Yes
  [Expert@Member_1:0]#
  ```

*

  ```
  
  [Expert@Member_2:0]# cphaconf show_bond bond0
  
  Bond name:      bond0
  Bond mode:      High Availability
  Bond status:    UP 
  Configured slave interfaces: 2
  In use slave interfaces:     2
  Required slave interfaces:   1
  
  Note: No backup slaves. Bond High Availability cannot perform failover.
  
  Slave name      | Status          | Link
  ----------------+-----------------+-------
  eth5            | Active          | Yes
  eth4            | Not Available   | Yes
  [Expert@Member_2:0]#
  ```

## Cause

The function that calculates whether the Bond interface is able to perform failover is called before the slave count of the bond interface is increased, making the bond incorrectly believe it has no slaves when the function is invoked.

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