On Red Hat Satellite 6.3, Discovered Host fails with error 'Unable to assign subnet, primary interface is missing IP address' where NICs name contains underscore in it

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Issue

  • On Red Hat Satellite 6.3, Discovered Host fails with error Unable to assign subnet, primary interface is missing IP address for 'Dell blade' where NICs name contains "_"(underscore) in it:
    e.g. em1_1,em1_2

  • Foreman fact parser unable to process NPAR NICs with underscore which breaks discovery.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.3.x
  • Foreman-discovery-image 3.4.4-1

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