On 03/08/2017 01:57 AM, Giles Coochey wrote: > >> The recommended configuration for EL7 is to use NetworkManager unless >> you have a very specific edge case preventing you from doing so: >> > The truth is a lot of us run servers that don't need to have their > network "managed" by Networkmanager. > My experience was very difficult going to 7.2 to 7.3 because of a change in the behavior of NetworkManager with respect to IPv6 but once I had it figured out (thanks to people on this list) it worked out quite well and I kept NetworkManager. But I certainly understand why some don't want to do that.