[CentOS] Is there any benefit to using NetworkManager on a server with a static IP?

[Steve Clark]

On 03/26/2014 10:20 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On 03/25/2014 11:35 PM, Christopher Jacoby wrote:
>> Does anyone here actually use NetworkManager on anything but a laptop or
>> desktop? I can't seem to figure out a reason to use it on a server.
>>
>>
> My RHEL 6 dev server is using NM with four NICs and runs fine.  It
> doesn't seem to add any value, but I've not had any problems with it
> either.  The four NICs aren't bonded, they're on separate VLANs and
> subnets.  One NIC was set up during install, one was setup during
> firstboot, and the other two were set up in the NM GUI config.
>
> It appears NM will no longer be optional on EL7, though, at least that's
> my understanding of the current situation.  But I reserve the right to
> be wrong.
Not optional? You mean I won't be able to ip a s xxxx dev xxxx, etc?

What is you have only a serial console?

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