On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: >> > So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and multiple NICs. > Especially one where you've cloned it or moved a disk to a new > chassis? Apparently there is just not a good way to identify > interfaces. > > Yep, do it all the time - first two thing I do are: > rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > rm -r /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* > and then reboot. > So, now you've got 6 NICs connected to 6 different switches. Which name is which? This is a really fun exercise when the box is remote and you are trying to tell someone used to configuring windows systems how to get it to a point where you can ssh in. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com