Bug 720382

Summary:	MinorMod: Network Interfaces: LINKDELAY parameter needs to be added to "Interface Configuration Files"
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile>
Component:	doc-Deployment_Guide	Assignee:	Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	ecs-bugs
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	5.7	CC:	maxwell.spangler
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Documentation
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:	720081	Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-07-21 16:07:19 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	720081
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Description Jaromir Hradilek 2011-07-11 14:39:41 UTC

Cloning this for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Deployment Guide as well.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #720081 +++

Description of problem:

A very useful feature of the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth command is the LINKDELAY parameter that can be added to each NIC's ifcfg-ethX file.  This command delays bringing up the NIC for x seconds and successfully provides work-arounds for NICs that need a delay.  This feature exists in RHEL 5.x and RHEL 6.x but does not seem to be recorded in the documentation so some users may miss this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 5.x, RHEL 6.x

I went to this page looking for the feature and found it missing:

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-networkscripts-interfaces.html

Cheers,

--- Additional comment from jhradile on 2011-07-11 10:37:06 EDT ---

Many thanks for reporting this!