JohnS wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 20:33 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
>> I have a strange problem on one machine where eth0 gets killed when I add
>> a virtual interface. It's got something to do with the NIC ordering or
>> with the xen network script having a problem with multiple NICs and
>> virtual interfaces. I could need some help/comments on this.
>>
>> Some history:
>> I added a NIC (chip identifies as Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet) to a Dell R200 server.
>> CentOS 5.3 with Xen 3.3.1 (gitco repo).
> ----
> see this:
> http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v3.pdf
>
> This is a known issue with all Poweredge Servers. It will give you an
> explanation and workaround for it.
I don't think there is anything unique to Dells about this. The kernel
essentially randomizes device naming on everything. Dell just took the
trouble to document it.
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