The system requests DHCP during the boot even when there's no boot network configuration defined

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The system requests DHCP during the boot even when there's no boot network configuration defined.
  • Why is it requesting DHCP if the BOOTPROTO=no is specified in the ifcfg's config file?
  • Why is it requesting DHCP on boot if there's no dracut network cmdline?
  • Why dracut is launching a DHCP at boot on all interfaces?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 6.0
    • 7.0
    • 8.0
    • dracut

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