in load balance mode, one or more nic can be designated as hot standby nics. use the keyword "standby" in the basp bind command to indicate binding a nic as a hot standby.

    example:

    basp bind basp_1_eii b57_1_eii

    basp bind basp_1_eii b57_2_eii standby

    in the above example, b57_1_eii and b57_2_eii are bound as primary and hot standby nics respectively. note that standby is valid only for load balance mode.