Ok, so it took me a while to get my head around 'active' only (static) and which Linux mode that correlated with... So, I figured I would post my configs here to save others some time. The take away is that you can't test the bond with ping as with Redhat 6 the kernel drops the packets thinking they are spoofs. (Thanks Evan for all you help! )
SERVER CONFIGs
cat ifcfg-bond0
DEVICE=bond0
USERCTL=no
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=10.0.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BONDING_OPTS="miimon=100 mode=0 downdelay=300 updelay=300"
#HWADDR=00:01:02:03:04:00
TYPE=BOND
IPV6INIT=no
[root@**** network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth4
DEVICE=eth4
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=f55fb2ea-c856-4c07-9d22-856c3b7d2ea7
#HWADDR=00:01:02:03:04:01
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
BOOTPROTO=none
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
[root@**** network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth5
DEVICE=eth5
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=9b1fa7e8-f678-4ff2-a9e2-467a0647265b
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
BOOTPROTO=none
MASTER=bond0
#HWADDR=00:01:02:03:04:02
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
[root@**** network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth6
DEVICE=eth6
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=dc1593f3-5dc7-40d4-ac97-7bdd393e3255
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
BOOTPROTO=none
MASTER=bond0
#HWADDR=00:01:02:03:04:03
SLAVE=yes
USERCTL=no
cat /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
alias netdev-bond0 bonding
EXAMPLE SWITCH CONFIG (just relevant parts)
interface port-channel 1
description echoLAN
spanning-tree bpdufilter enable #(don't think this is required)
spanning-tree edgeport
no shutdown
interface gigabit-switchport 0/11
no shutdown
channel-group 1 mode on
!
interface gigabit-switchport 0/12
no shutdown
channel-group 1 mode on
!
interface gigabit-switchport 0/13
no shutdown
channel-group 1 mode on
!
