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Description of problem: Installed RHEL 6.2 under z/VM using a Layer 3 Vswitch. User went to change the IP address using system-config-network. File /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 contained a record OPTIONS="layer2=0" before running system-config-network, but the OPTIONS record was missing after running it. That caused eth0 activation to fail because it was trying to establish a Layer 2 connection that the Vswitch did not allow. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Invoke system-config-network against an interface with options in the ifcfg-eth0 file. Make any change (IP address in our case). Save your changes. Options record now absent. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Invoke system-config-network against an interface with options in the ifcfg-eth0 file. 2. Make any change (IP address in our case). 3. Save your changes. 4. Options record now absent Actual results: OPTIONS="layer2=0" record missing from both the display panel and the ifcfg-eth0 file. Expected results: The options value would be displayed in the panel for the user to see and/or change, and existing options would be written to the ifcfg-eth0 file. Additional info:
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I tried this on RHEL6.4 GA. Using system-config-network I tried to create config file for OSA qeth device in Layer2 mode. After checking the ifcfg-ethx file created , I see that OPTIONS field value (Layer2=1) that I had provided in system-config-network tool is missing in the created ifcfg-ethx file. Also the MAC address provided in system-config-network file was also missing from the config file.
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------- Comment From baude.com 2013-02-27 15:53 EDT------- ------- Comment From htengshe.com 2013-03-06 05:29 EDT-------
------- Comment From hannsj_uhl.com 2014-07-24 12:57 EDT------- fyi .. IBM is not pursuing this bugzilla .. bugzilla can be closed ...