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This is what we use at AMD to ensure that the "correct" NIC comes up as
eth0 on our compute nodes. Works great!
Paul Krizak 5900 E. Ben White Blvd. MS 625
Advanced Micro Devices Austin, TX 78741
Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Phone: (512) 602-8775
Microprocessor Solutions Sector
Mikhail Kruk wrote:
> Does this help?
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3 (See http://HEL-3.ora-code.com)-Manual/ref-guide/s1
-networkscripts-interfaces.html
>
>
> HWADDR=<MAC-address>, where <MAC-address> is the hardware address of the
> Ethernet device in the form AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. This directive is useful
> for machines with multiple NICs to ensure that the interfaces are
> assigned the correct device names regardless of the configured load
> order for each NIC's module. This directive should not be used in
> conjunction with MACADDR.
>
>
> Collins, Kevin [MindWorks] wrote:
>
>> I don't believe this is a feature you have any control over. I think it
>> is determined by the physical location of the cards and the way the BIOS
>> reports the hardware...
>>
>> Kevin
>> -- --Original Message-- --
>> From: taroon-list-bounces@(protected)
>> [mailto:taroon-list-bounces@(protected)] On Behalf Of Ed Griffin
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:09 PM
>> To: taroon-list@(protected)
>> Subject: Ethernet Probe Order
>>
>> I am curious, as I have googled this to death, how to force a system
>> to have the motherboard card be eth0 and eth1. My configuration is as
>> follows, a Dell PowerEdge 1850 with an add-on Intel Pro 1000 Quad Port
>> card. The quad port card gets found first and becomes eth0 through eth3
>>
>> and the motherboard cards end up as eth4 and eth5. This has caused some
>>
>> problems during kickstarts and the like. I am sure there is something I
>>
>> can pass via grub to the initrd to get this to go to the motherboard
>> first but I just can't seem to decipher it. The weird thing is that
>> on a RHEL4 box it seems to behave the opposite, or to be more specific
>> the way I want it to.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> --Ed
>>
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