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11.8. Controlling the Selection of Network Device Names
Device naming can be controlled in the following manner:
- By identifying the network interface device
- Setting the MAC address in an
ifcfgfile using theHWADDRdirective enables it to be identified by udev. The name will be taken from the string given by theDEVICEdirective, which by convention is the same as theifcfgsuffix. For example,ifcfg-eth0. - By turning on or off biosdevname
- The name provided by biosdevname will be used (if biosdevname can determine one).
- By turning on or off the
systemd-udevnaming scheme - The name provided by
systemd-udevwill be used (ifsystemd-udevcan determine one).
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