Naming of virtio-net interfaces is not consistent in RHEL 7
Issue
- The name of a virtio-net interface is seen to be different or unstable after a reboot.
- virtio and e1000 or rtl8139 NICs change device names from
ethtoensnames randomly or unpredictably.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- KVM or RHEV/RHV virtual machine guest using:
- One or more paravirtual NIC type using
virtio-netdriver - One or more other emulated NIC type such as Intel
e1000or Realtekrtl8139
- One or more paravirtual NIC type using
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