This is a clone of issue OCPBUGS-38010. The following is the description of the original issue:
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This is a clone of issue OCPBUGS-36683. The following is the description of the original issue:
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Description of problem:
The 4.16 cluster was deployed using secondary interfaces (Mellanox) with a bond including enslaved VFs. 
After SR-IOV operator isntalltion and rebooting, the workers become unreachable because the VFs are not created.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

4.16.0
sriov-network-operator.v4.16.0-202406200537

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install the SR-IOV operator.
2.Reboot.
3.
Actual results:

sh-5.1# mstconfig -d d8:00.0 q | grep SRIOV_EN
SRIOV_EN False(0) 

sh-5.1# mstconfig -d d8:00.0 q | grep NUM_OF_VFS
NUM_OF_VFS 0 

Expected results:
sh-5.1# mstconfig -d d8:00.0 q | grep SRIOV_EN
SRIOV_EN True(1) 

sh-5.1# mstconfig -d d8:00.0 q | grep NUM_OF_VFS
NUM_OF_VFS 5 

Additional info: