In a hybrid unbonded mode, Equinix gives you the ability to create and assign shared VLANs to your servers while still being able to provision and use the provisioned default IPs. This is useful for servers that host virtual machines that might need to have a static/public IP address while still also hosting virtual machines that use private addressing. Unlike bonded mode, there is no bond on the NICs, so both can be use independently but in this mode they offer no NIC or switch-level redundancy as they will connected to separate VLANs and networks. Adding the same VLAN to both interfaces in unbonded mode is not allowed. Therefore, this mode is not recommended for environments that have VMs that need highly-available network access.