Why is the network device ordering on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 different from that of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Issue
- There are some cases that the network device ordering on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 during installation is different from that of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The following is an example.
--------------------------------------- MAC address driver RHEL5 RHEL6 --------------------------------------- XX:YY:ZZ:00:00:00 e1000e eth0 eth4 XX:YY:ZZ:00:00:01 e1000e eth1 eth5 XX:YY:ZZ:00:01:00 e1000e eth2 eth6 XX:YY:ZZ:00:01:01 e1000e eth3 eth7 AA:BB:CC:00:00:00 bnx2 eth4 eth0 AA:BB:CC:00:00:01 bnx2 eth5 eth1 AA:BB:CC:00:01:00 bnx2 eth6 eth2 AA:BB:CC:00:00:01 bnx2 eth7 eth3 ---------------------------------------
- This happens often when it has multiple network devices with different drivers.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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