I have the same: alias eth0 bnx2 alias eth1 bnx2 alias eth2 e1000 alias eth3 e1000 my expierence was that by removing hwaddr from the interface config this aliases would be ignored. I would get randomize order on boot up. I consistently got random ordering of devices ;-)) I tested this by rebooting the same server 10 times... Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Simpson > Sent: 31 March 2008 15:30 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: NIC Teaming > > On 3/31/08, Gerrard Geldenhuis <Gerrard.Geldenhuis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > i normally do this in modprobe.conf as something hinky happens on > > > dells with more than 2 ethernet ports and udev > > > :-) > > > > What lines do you add to modprobe to achieve this? Out of interest... > > > > it was more using > alias eth0 tg3 > alias eth1 tg3 > alias eth2 e1000 > alias eth3 e1000 > > etc > to stop the nic cards being jumbled for different bonds using different > cards > > -- > 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
