Dell PowerEdge R740 network device names change after BIOS update

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Issue

  • Dell PowerEdge R740 network device names change after BIOS update
  • After updating PE system firmware, bond slave NIC changed from enp59s0f0 to p1p1 and enp59s0f1 to p1p2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
    • kernel-3.10.0-1062.1.2.el7.x86_64
    • systemd-219-67.el7_7.1.x86_64
  • Dell PowerEdge R740 with motherboard BIOS update 2.12.2
  • Network interface names using systemd Predictable Naming

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