NICs have the wrong MAC address and "systemd-udevd: error changing net interface name ethX to ethY: File exists" error is seen in the logs
Issue
- We have set
HWADDR
in the ifcfg files to assign specific names to each interface and it is not working. - Trying to give a specific name like eth0 or eth1 to each interface.
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Finding these error messages and interfaces show the wrong MACs in ifconfig.
systemd-udevd: error changing net interface name eth0 to eth1: File exists systemd-udevd: error changing net interface name eth1 to eth0: File exists
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Finding these error messages in
IBM System z (s390x)
systems:systemd-udevd: Error changing net interface name 'hsi2' to 'hsi3': File exists systemd-udevd: could not rename interface '5' from 'hsi2' to 'hsi3': File exists
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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