On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 02:34:09PM -0400, clockwork@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Yes but if your changing the mac and the device then its not static, its > changing. I need eth0 to always be on the same port (port0) (vlan taggging, > security reasons etc) so when I update/install and port0 is now being > detected as eth1, my network is screwed. I need a way to say port0 == eth0 > no matter what order they are detected in. > > ifrename does it, but it requires stopping a bunch of stuff, running it and > then restarting a bunch of stuff. Adding the command into the > /etc/rc.sysinit file doesn't work (the interfaces appear to be already > initialized). No I see why RHEL was flipping my enets in the dell. Same nic, e1000. I thought I was doing something wrong with the configuration. > > Adding the MACADDR option is supposed to set the mac from what I can tell, > but that isnt the case on rhel 5 on my e1000 nic. > > On 5/3/07, Stephen Carville <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >clockwork@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> I know at a minimum Dell, IBM and HP have the issue. I would expect its > >> actually a broadcom and/or intel nic (driver ?) issue. I have used > >ifrename > >> in the past to accomplish this, but it seems with rhel5 ifrename doesnt > >> work > >> on boot. Is there a way to static-map a MAC to a particular interface in > >> rhel ? > > > >I have a similar problem on the Dell 2950. I add the HWADDR and change > >the DEVICE in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > > >DEVICE=eth1 > >BOOTPROTO=static > >HWADDR=00:13:72:65:DB:29 > >IPADDR=10.207.52.220 > >NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > >ONBOOT=yes > >TYPE=Ethernet > > > >> Regards. > >> > >> On 5/3/07, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) <Marshall.McDougall@xxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > >>> > >>> I am in the midst of building several new servers using RHEL4U4. I had > >>> not yet released them to production use and saw that U5 was available. > >>> I thought what better time to do it than right now when I have the > >>> ability to deal with anything untoward. > >>> > >>> Well, the untoward comes in the form of the nics getting > >flipped. After > >>> the update, I rebooted the machines and none of them came back online. > >>> I had to make all of the eth0's eth1's and vice versa. This has > >>> occurred on HP and Dell servers. Has anyone else seen this? Just > >>> curious. > >>> > >>> Regards, Marshall > >>> > >>> -- > >>> redhat-list mailing list > >>> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >>> > > > > > >-- > >Stephen Carville <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Systems Engineer > >Land America > >1.626.667.1450 X326 > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- David Bear phone: 602-496-0424 fax: 602-496-0955 College of Public Programs/ASU University Center Rm 622 411 N Central Phoenix, AZ 85007-0685 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
