At Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:32:06 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 14:52 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > 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.
> ---
>
> Also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491432
> Seems to apply to Kais case.
>
> You *must* specify the HWADDR field in the ifcfg-* files in order to
> have persistent ethernet naming. Was the way I done it on dell hardware
> and it states that on the Bug Report.
On ALL RedHat flavored distros (even eith 2.4 kernels), I *always*
specificed the HWADDR field in the ifcfg-* files. I *think* the RedHat
installers generally always set this field during installation as well.
At least as early as RH 7.<mumble> or RH 9, which would be when I first
was dealing with machines with more than one NIC.
>
> JohnStanley
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