vmware and interface names.

OK, this is turning out to be a huge problem a far as I can tell. I can't find any good info on this issue after searching the internet several times over the past few weeks.

My problem is that when I go to kickstart a RedHat 7.2 system I can never figure out what the interface names are going to be so I can't configure the static IP address on one and a dynamic IP address on another.

When I kickstart a system, I do it on a kickstart lan. The interface on that vlan is dynamic. There is another interface that is on the production lan, and I want to give that interface a specific IP address, but with the new "Simplified" ip address scheme I can never figure out what my IP addresses are going to be. I understand the thinking behind it, but without the ability to waist determine what the name of any given ethernet interface is going to be it becomes a pain in the butt, and this is a much more common occurrence that the problem they were hoping to resolve with this change.

So, Red Hat, if I am creating a new RedHat 7.2 VM on vmware esxi how do I discover what the ethernet interfaces are going to be before I build the system?

Is there a table somewhere that will allow me to work this out? I need help!

Thanks,
James "Zeke" Dehnert

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