On 5 January 2012 22:57, Jeff jtunix@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the help and info!
Here's the relevant link from the upstream vendor's release notes: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Releas...
Naming convention for network interfaces
Traditionally, network interfaces in Linux are named eth[X]. However, in many cases, these names do not correspond to actual labels on the chassis. Modern server platforms with multiple network adapters can encounter non-deterministic and counterintuitive naming of these network interfaces. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 introduces biosdevname, an optional convention for naming network interfaces. biosdevname assigns names to network interfaces based on their physical location. Note, however that biosdevname is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell systems. Refer to the Red Hat Knowledge Base for further information on using biosdevname.