Why network configuration fails after upgrading iproute to 2.6.32-31 version in RHEL 6 ?

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Issue

  • Unable to manage network interfaces after updating iproute package to 2.6.32-31 version.
  • After installing iproute-2.6.32-31 interface is not coming up:
# ip link set up dev eth0
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5
  • iproute-2.6.32-31.el6

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