The MAC address of the network card is reversed during each reboot cycle.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The MAC address of the network card is reversed during each reboot.

  • 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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