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Description of problem:

We have found hosts that contain a lot (thousands) of NICs on a single host.
From looking at the data, the nics were in form of:
{'ipv4_addresses': ['1.2.3.4'], 'ipv6_addresses': [], 'mtu': 1500, 'mac_address': '10:10:10:10:10:10', 'name': 'caliXXXXXXXXXXX'}

Those interfaces are created a lot with a random name and since Satellite accumulates all NIC crecords, the host record becomes bloated.
Apparently they are created by calico project (https://projectcalico.docs.tigera.io/reference/architecture/overview) and hence can be ignored.

How reproducible:
Always as long as you have calico generating them.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Report about a host to Satellite server using either subscription-manager or puppet
2.Make sure the host generates a new interface each time
3.

Actual results:

A host record will contain too many nic records.

Expected results:

no cali* interfaces in the host record


Additional info:

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 (Important: Satellite 6.12 Release), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8506