diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
index ca2273f37..59862e336 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ function sort_nics_device_order {
 
     all_nics_list=$*
     eth_slot=""
+    ib_slot=""
     bond_slot=""
     vlan_slot=""
     ib_slots=""
@@ -394,6 +395,16 @@ function sort_nics_device_order {
                     eth_slot=$eth_slot" "$num
                 fi
 
+            #valid nic_dev and base_nic_dev pair as bond-infiniband
+            elif [ x"$base_nic_type" = "xinfiniband" ]&& \
+                [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbond" ]; then
+
+                if [ x"$ib_slot" = x ]; then
+                    ib_slot=$num
+                else
+                    ib_slot=$ib_slot" "$num
+                fi
+
             #valid nic_dev and base_nic_dev pair as vlan-bond or bridge-bond
             elif [ x"$base_nic_type" = "xbond" ]&& \
                 [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xvlan" -o x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbridge" -o x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbridge_ovs" ]; then
@@ -422,7 +433,7 @@ function sort_nics_device_order {
         log_error "Only support configuration of Bond/VLAN/Bridge on Red Hat."
       fi
     fi
-    new_order=$eth_slot" "$bond_slot" "$vlan_slot
+    new_order=$eth_slot" "$ib_slot" "$bond_slot" "$vlan_slot
     new_order_list=""
     if [ -n "$new_order" ]; then
 
@@ -557,7 +568,7 @@ function configure_nicdevice {
 
         #configure bond 
         elif [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbond" ]; then
-            create_bond_interface ifname=$nic_dev slave_ports=$base_nic_for_bond       
+            create_bond_interface ifname=$nic_dev slave_ports=$base_nic_for_bond slave_type=$base_nic_type 
         elif [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xinfiniband" ]; then
             log_info "Call configib for IB nics: $nic_dev, ports: $num_iba_ports"
             log_info "NIC_IBNICS=$nic_dev NIC_IBAPORTS=$num_iba_ports configib"
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh b/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
index cc443852a..e2e2548c8 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
@@ -1263,11 +1263,7 @@ function create_bond_interface {
     local xcatnet=""
     local _ipaddr=""
     local _netmask=""
-    # note:
-    # - "miimon" requires drivers for each slave nic support MII tool.
-    #   $ ethtool <interface_name> | grep "Link detected:"
-    # - "802.3ad" mode requires a switch that is 802.3ad compliant.
-    local _bonding_opts="mode=802.3ad miimon=100"
+    local _bonding_opts=""
     local _mtu=""
     local slave_ports=""
     # parser input arguments
@@ -1280,7 +1276,8 @@ function create_bond_interface {
            [ "$key" = "_netmask" ] || \
            [ "$key" = "_bonding_opts" ] || \
            [ "$key" = "_mtu" ] || \
-           [ "$key" = "slave_ports" ]; then
+           [ "$key" = "slave_ports" ] || \
+           [ "$key" = "slave_type" ]; then
             eval "$1"
         fi
         shift
@@ -1290,6 +1287,17 @@ function create_bond_interface {
         log_error "No valid slave_ports defined. Abort!"
         return 1
     fi
+    if [ -z "$slave_type" ] || [ x"$slave_type" = "xethernet" ]; then
+        slave_type="Ethernet"
+        # note:
+        # - "miimon" requires drivers for each slave nic support MII tool.
+        #   $ ethtool <interface_name> | grep "Link detected:"
+        # - "802.3ad" mode requires a switch that is 802.3ad compliant.
+        _bonding_opts="mode=802.3ad miimon=100"
+    elif [ "$slave_type" = "infiniband" ]; then
+        slave_type="Infiniband"
+        _bonding_opts="mode=1 miimon=100 fail_over_mac=1"
+    fi
     # let's query "nicnetworks" table about its target "xcatnet" 
     if [ -n "$ifname" -a -z "$xcatnet" -a -z "$_ipaddr" ]; then
         xcatnet=`query_nicnetworks_net $ifname`
@@ -1414,7 +1422,7 @@ function create_bond_interface {
                 fi
 
                 cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}USERCTL=no"
-                cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}TYPE=Ethernet"
+                cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}TYPE=$slave_type"
                 cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}SLAVE=yes"
                 cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}MASTER=$ifname"
                 cfg="${cfg}${cfg:+,}BOOTPROTO=none"