After discovering an issue with the switch's configuration under Arch, I decided to try Debian again. Under Debian, I have no issues. The bonded link come up fine after a reboot and behaves as one would expect. This is on an identical system to the Ubuntu Server box.
This seems related to Launchpad Bug #881379. Actually, they seem like the same bug. And from the comments, it doesn't seem like folk feel it has been fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078387 Title: bonded interface doesn't reliably come up after reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifenslave-2.6/+bug/1078387/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs