Bug 1011013

Summary:	add PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1 to ifcfg-eth0
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Joey Boggs <jboggs>
Component:	guest-images	Assignee:	Joey Boggs <jboggs>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.6	CC:	dgregor, jgreguske, jmatthew, leiwang, mburns, tlavigne, wshi
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	rhel-guest-image-6.5-20130926.0.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: missing dhclient configuration option caused network disconnection if dhcp failed Consequence: loss of network connectivity Fix: PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1 added to ifcfg-eth0 Result: if nic is unable to negotiate a dhcp address it will retry	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2013-11-22 00:22:51 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Joey Boggs 2013-09-23 13:28:31 UTC

Description of problem:

PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1 Needs to be added into ifcfg-eth0 to recover from dhcp errors

Comment 4 Wei Shi 2013-10-31 09:18:36 UTC

Verified:
  rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131024.0-1

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=on
PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-22 00:22:51 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1735.html

Comment 6 Wei Shi 2014-03-12 02:46:02 UTC

*** Bug 1054949 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***