Reasons for reordering of ethernet interface names after system reboot

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When system reboots it is observed that the ethernet interfaces names are interchanged or re-ordered. Why does this happen?

Environment

  • All Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions
  • Ethernet Interfaces

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