Network devices get named as eth3 instead of ensX

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Nov 10 09:44:53 hostname systemd-udevd[3271]: Error changing net interface name 'eth4' to 'ens1f0': File exists
Nov 10 09:44:53 hostname systemd-udevd[3271]: could not rename interface '8' from 'eth4' to 'ens1f0': File exists
Nov 10 09:44:53 hostname systemd-udevd[3145]: Error changing net interface name 'eth3' to 'ens1f1': File exists
Nov 10 09:44:53 hostname systemd-udevd[3145]: could not rename interface '7' from 'eth3' to 'ens1f1': File exists

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise 8
    • Systemd consistent naming
    • kernel-4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64

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