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Bug 594514 - HWADDR in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX doesn't work
Summary: HWADDR in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX doesn't work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: udev
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-20 21:42 UTC by aaron fabbri
Modified: 2010-06-08 10:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-06-08 10:41:50 UTC
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Description aaron fabbri 2010-05-20 21:42:47 UTC 
Description of problem:

In my /etc/sysconfig/network-scriptslthough I have HWADDR set to a valid MAC addrs for eth0 and eth1, but they fail to come up:

# /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[FAILED]
Bringing up interface eth1:  Device eth1 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[FAILED]


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Install of RHEL6.0-20100422.12-Server-x86_64

How reproducible:
Not sure.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install RHEL6.
2. (maybe required?) Change order of ethernet devices, e.g. by swapping PCI slots. 
or, just try to swap interfaces by swapping HWADDR= lines in ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1.
3. reboot or /etc/init.d/network restart

Actual results:
# /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[FAILED]
Bringing up interface eth1:  Device eth1 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[FAILED]

Expected results:

Eth0 and eth1 should come up properly, according to documentation in :

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

Additional info:
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2010-05-21 04:41:39 UTC 
Please attach your configuration, including /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.
Comment 3 aaron fabbri 2010-05-26 22:56:32 UTC 
I wiped the system and reverted to RHEL 5.5.  I'd suggest having someone else try the reproduction steps I listed.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2010-06-07 16:08:37 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
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