I have an IBM x37 series which has 6 network ports all labelled. The ethx numbers always change on reboot . The best way is to find the mac addresses of each card and lock it in with the corresponding ifcfg-ethx file. Percy > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:10:23 -0400 > From: mh1272@xxxxxxxxx > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: physical network port matchup to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* > > Proliant port labeled as 1 (of 2) = eth0 > Porliant ported labeled as 2 (of 2) = eth1 > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Chet Nichols III > <chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > I'll usually find out what the MAC addresses of the ports are (usually from > > a sticker on the case somewhere, or on the card), and then from there you > > should be able to either compare and match the MAC address as listed in > > your > > ifcfg files (via the HWADDR variable), or, if the ifcfg files don't have > > it, > > you can look at the output of dmesg to determine which interfaces are going > > with which MACs as well. > > > > Hope that helps as a way to throw a couple options out there! > > > > Chet > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Dave Martini <martini1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I have an HP proliant with two ethernet ports plus a pci > > > card with an additional two ethernet ports. > > > Is there a way to tell when you do an > > > # ifconfig -a > > > > > > or when you check the files in > > > > > > # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > > > > > > which ifcfg-eth0,eth1,eth2,eth3 file > > > corresponds to what physical port on the back of the machine? > > > My two internal built in ports on the HP proliant are numbered > > > 1 an 2 does this mean it will match up with eth1 and eth2? > > > My two ports on the pci card are not numbered. > > > Thank you. > > > Dave Martini > > > LLNL > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > chet nichols III > > chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx > > aim: chet / twitter: chet > > http://chetnichols.org > > ---------------------------------------- > > -- > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://msn.coxandkings.co.in/cnk/cnk.do-- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
