What happened to ifconfig in RHEL7?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

"ifconfig" is missing in RHEL7:

[user@localhost ~]$ ifconfig
-bash: ifconfig: command not found

This is a problem. "ifconfig" is an essential networking tool.

Environment

This issue presents in all default installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7).

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