Bringing up interface fails with error: Device has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
Issue
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When starting the network service or using the
ifup
command, some interface is listed as FAILED with this error:Bringing up interface eth0: Device has different MAC address than expected, ignoring. [FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- network service
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