Device name #015 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
Issue
- When using the
network
legacy initscript service to bring up network interfaces, NICs fail to start with the following error logged:
network: Bringing up interface ERROR : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device name#015 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
Where name
is the name of the network interface, such as:
network: Bringing up interface ERROR : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0#015 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
network: Bringing up interface ERROR : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device bond#015 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and earlier
- Legacy network service provided by
initscripts
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