Dell systems with Mellanox ConnectX-4 (mlx5) cards have inconsistent biosdevname network interface names in RHEL 7
Issue
- biosdevname is failing to provide consistent device names for Mellanox (mlx5 based) interfaces in RHEL 7.
- ConnectX-4 hardware with two ports will show one port given a biosdevname style name and the other port mistakenly given a Consistent Device Naming style name.
- Typically seen on Dell hardware as biosdevname is used automatically.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- biosdevname
- Mellanox ConnectX-4 (mlx5)
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