Udev rules adding wrong ethX after reboot

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Manually editing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules so that mac address XX:XX:XX:XX:88:f2 is eth0. After reboot the server adds another line with same mac address but this time it is eth2.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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