Why isn't the Bridge starting at boot in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Bridge does not comes up after boot
  • It comes up normally when using the ifup command.
  • During the boot, the following message is also seen when bringing up network interfaces:

    Bringing up interface br0: Device br0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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