Why the system deployed via kickstart does not comes up with network or IP address after installation ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Systems is deployed via kickstart.
  • After installation when the system is booted, its network remains down and the interface name in ifconfig output is seen as __tmpXXXX.
  • Observed this issue when using Intel NIC, where as when using Broadcom NIC there is no issue.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Any minor version)
  • System deployed via Kickstart.
  • Intel NICs on system.

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