[CentOS] URGENT -- pseudo network interface creating problem with dhcp-- centos 5.5

Thu Apr 12 12:59:05 UTC 2012
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Markus Falb <markus.falb at fasel.at> wrote:
> On 12.4.2012 04:21, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:48 PM, John R Pierce <pierce-BRp9yk6zKL1Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ...
>>> well, first, does your motherboard *HAVE* an IPMI management module, and
>>> if so, does it use a  dedicated ethernet port, or is it 'piggybacked' on
>>> eth0 ?   the behavior shown could be the latter.
> ...
>> And are you really sure it is from this machine?
>
> Have a look at the MAC addresses
> eth1: E4:1F:13:77:16:60
> "pseudo interface": E4:1F:13:77:16:61

Good point.  That also identifies the devices as an IBM, making this
easier to find:
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5071483

The quick fix might be to just not use the onboard ethernet1 port
since it looks like there are others that are unused.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com