Why are systemd network interface names different between RHEL7 and RHEL8 ?
Issue
- Why are systemd network interface names different between RHEL7 and RHEL8 ?
- Why is NIC naming different between RHEL 7 and RHEL 8?
- On RH7 the NIC name is
enp#, but on RH8 the NIC name isens#. - Different network naming between RHEL7 and RHEL8
- On the RHEL8 server, the interfaces come up with the
ens3f0/1naming convention. On the RHEL7 server, the interfaces come up with thep3p1/2naming convention. - I wanted to understand more on why for the same physical server chassis with network cards in the same slots we see differences for the naming convention in RHEL7 RHEL8.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later
- systemd Predictable Network Interface Names (
net.ifnames=1)
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