RHEL7 does not pickup its hostname via DHCP

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 does not use a hostname provided by DHCP
  • Networkmanger unable to set the hostname from DHCP

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • NetworkManager-0.9.9.1-29 and earlier
  • DHCP server which provides DHCP hostname

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