RHEL 7 Why systemd keeps renaming my interface "systemd-udevd[xxxx] renamed network interface eth0 to enoXXXXXXXX" ?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Whenever system boots follwoing message could be seen in the log
systemd-udevd[367]: renamed network interface eth0 to enoXXXXXXXX
  • network connection is not active

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

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