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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,

Many thanks for reporting this!