Red Hat Satellite 6 Foreman-discovery failed with error: Foreman::Exception: Unable to detect primary interface using MAC '00:50:56:XX:XX:XX' .

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Issue

  • Using Foreman discovery with Satellite server it shows below error:
     500: Discovery failed, code 422, reason: ERF42-0870
     [Foreman::Exception]: Unable to detect primary interface using MAC '00:50:56:XX:XX:XX' specified by discovery_fact 'discovery_bootif'.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x
  • Kickstart

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