> Sorry for the self-followup, I forgot something > > > I don't care which interface is configured, as long as a usable interface > > is configured. (If there's no dhcp on this network then it's not "usable" > > - at least for mounting the nfs shares.) > > I have servers with up to 8 network interfaces (2 quadport NICs). I really > don't want to try "educated" guesses which interface is assigned what > "eth#". Especially since HP sometimes uses 2 different chips for the 4 > onboard interfaces. (BL680c G5 specific) > > Currently interface are assigned as follows: > > internal 1 - eth0 > internal 2 - eth1 > internal 3 - eth6 > internal 4 - eth7 > > addon 1 - eth2 > addon 2 - eth3 > addon 3 - eth4 > addon 4 - eth5 > > Who knows how long this is going to stay this way? Next kernelrelease? > Next hardware revision? >
Forever? Well, at least industry acknowledged the problem, and there even seem to be some workarounds related to PXE stuff: http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v4.pdf Best, Michael
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