The MAC address of the network card is reversed during each reboot cycle.
Issue
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The MAC address of the network card is reversed during each reboot.
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Server has 4 Ethernet interfaces. When it reboots, all four reported mac addresses swap first byte to last byte and last to first.
e.g: WW:XX:YY:ZZ becomes ZZ:YY:XX:WW. -
The situation clear again after another reboot.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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