IPMP. Is this a NIC problem!!?

UNIX Solaris
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-- IPMP Groups --

          Node Name           Group   Status         Adapter   Status
          ---------           -----   ------         -------   \------

IPMP Group: hostname1.xx-xxxx.xxxi sc_ipmp1 Online ce5 Online
IPMP Group: hostname1.xx-xxxx.xxxi ipmpgrp01 Online ce8 Online
IPMP Group: hostname1.xx-xxxx.xxxi ipmpgrp01 Online ce4 Offline

IPMP Group: hostname2.xx-xxxx.xxxi sc_ipmp1 Online ce5 Online
IPMP Group: hostname2.xx-xxxx.xxxi ipmpgrp01 Online ce8 Online
IPMP Group: hostname2.xx-xxxx.xxxi ipmpgrp01 Online ce4 Online

Note that ce4 on host1 is offline. This is a 2 node Oracle RAC.

Thanks.

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Not necessarily.
This looks helpful:
Blog O� Matty Blog Archive Taking IPMP managed interfaces online and offline

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Nope, its not a NIC problem.