Re: How to change NIC alias?

[Mobolaji.Osinuga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello,

I think it's easier done graphically from the network or by running 
redhat-config-network from the terminal. You can edit the interfaces name 
from here, knowing which is which. But you have to be clearly with this cos 
if you don't do it well, the NICs won't start up.

Another option is by editing the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts for the 
ifcfg-* for the changes you want to make.

The last option (which I have not tested) is to edit the ifconfig-eth* files 
themselves. The eth* name is always there and I think the mac address too. 
The location of the files are /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/* and 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/*. The ifconfig-eth* must be the 
same in both for it work.

Thank you and BR,

Mobolaji
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:13:26 -0800
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Re:installing kernel.2.6.9-42.ELsmp on RHEL 4 64Bit
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> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 08:50 -0800, Mobolaji.Osinuga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Hello,
> >
> > Did you update your boot parameters? I mean the grub.conf to reflect the 
> > new
> > kernel. If this was not done automatically, it will still be loading the 
> > old
> > kernel.
> >
> > You can try uname -a to check the kernel loaded.
>
> Actually, "uname -r" displays JUST the kernel version.  "uname -a"
> displays everything.
>
> And again, unless you do the "make modules_install;make install", the
> new kernel will NOT be installed.
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> > Many thanks and BR,
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> > Mobolaji
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> > >   1. installing kernel.2.6.9-42.ELsmp on RHEL 4 64Bit
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> > > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:53:57 +0000
> > > From: "Sujitkumar Shirkar" <sujitkumar_shirkar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: installing kernel.2.6.9-42.ELsmp on RHEL 4 64Bit
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> > > Hello All
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> > > we are installing Mellox Infiniband (IB) card in our new Linux server
> > > running with RHEL4 64 bit OS with kernel 2.6.9-33ELsmp
> > >
> > > the new IB card requries new kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp,  any link from 
> > > where i
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> > > Well i managed to download kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm from web, i used
> > > following commands to update my kernel but it not showing me at boot
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> > > can you guys advise me on how to update kernel to install IB card in it
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> > > i did following commands
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> > > # rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm
> > >
> > > # rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec
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> > > # cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9/
> > >
> > > # make menuconfig
> > >
> > > # enabled IB support and saved the config
> > >
> > > # make
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> > > # reboot
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> > > after reboot i was not able to see updated kernel in my boot prompt any
> > > help? where i am making mistake?
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> > > Please send me step by step kernel update procedure in this case.
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:04:49 -0200
> From: "Linux Man" <linuxman.uru@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: How to change NIC alias?
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> Hello all.
> I'm installing over a PC with 3 ethernet cards, one onboard
> (gigabit) and the another two discrete PCI.
> During installation I have no choice to control who will be eth0, eth1
> and eth2, but I need that eth0 be the onboard ethernet.
> In the end of the installation, it turned out to be one of the
> discrete ethernet eth0.
> I need to change that alias, so that the actual eth0 become eth1 and vice 
> versa.
> Thanks a lot
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:14:15 -0500
> From: "Patrick Rowe" <ptrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: How to change NIC alias?
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> One Fail safe way is to take the add on cards out and do a config. 
> Onboard
> will be eth0. Add second card and do config, it will be eth1.
> etc
>
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> Hello all.
> I'm installing over a PC with 3 ethernet cards, one onboard
> (gigabit) and the another two discrete PCI.
> During installation I have no choice to control who will be eth0, eth1
> and eth2, but I need that eth0 be the onboard ethernet.
> In the end of the installation, it turned out to be one of the
> discrete ethernet eth0.
> I need to change that alias, so that the actual eth0 become eth1 and vice
> versa.
> Thanks a lot
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:41:08 -0500
> From: Kenneth Tindle <ktindle@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: How to change NIC alias?
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> man nameif
>
> "name interface"
> /sbin/nameif
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:50:20 -0800
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: How to change NIC alias?
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> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 19:04 -0200, Linux Man wrote:
> > Hello all.
> > I'm installing over a PC with 3 ethernet cards, one onboard
> > (gigabit) and the another two discrete PCI.
> > During installation I have no choice to control who will be eth0, eth1
> > and eth2, but I need that eth0 be the onboard ethernet.
> > In the end of the installation, it turned out to be one of the
> > discrete ethernet eth0.
> > I need to change that alias, so that the actual eth0 become eth1 and vice 
> > versa.
> > Thanks a lot
>
> You can add the "HWADDR=" clause to
> the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX file to force binding to
> a specific name.
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:52:34 +0200
> From: "Maxim Veksler" <hq4ever@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: How to change NIC alias?
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> On 12/28/06, Kenneth Tindle <ktindle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > man nameif
> >
> > "name interface"
> > /sbin/nameif
>
> Doesn't redhat use udev already?
> If so it's quite simple (man udev)
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> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:42:31 -0800
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: How to change NIC alias?
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> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 23:52 +0200, Maxim Veksler wrote:
> > On 12/28/06, Kenneth Tindle <ktindle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > man nameif
> > >
> > > "name interface"
> > > /sbin/nameif
> > >
> >
> > Doesn't redhat use udev already?
> > If so it's quite simple (man udev)
>
> It's not that the device isn't detected, it's that the system is
> renaming it.  Often different kernels will scan the PCI bus differently
> and the names will change.  I hit this with two kernels with minor rev
> changes on a single Dell 2850.  Even the same kernel run on two slightly
> different hardware platforms will cause issues.   A Dell 2850 scans the
> motherboard first, then the PCI bus.  A Dell 1850 will scan the PCI bus
> first, THEN the motherboard.  Sheesh!  Consistency, please!
>
> The most reliable method to tie an interface name to a specific NIC is
> to either create an /etc/mactab file with the entries in it, e.g.:
>
> eth0 aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
> eth1 gg:hh:ii:jj:kk:ll
>
> or add the "MACADDR=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" line to the ifcfg-ethX file
> involved.  Of the two, I prefer the second one ("MACADDR=").  One less
> thing to look at (if you have a problem with NIC naming, check the
> network config files instead of something in /etc).  But then, I'm a
> lazy cuss!  :-)
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> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:53:01 +0200
> From: "Maxim Veksler" <hq4ever@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: How to change NIC alias?
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> On 12/29/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 23:52 +0200, Maxim Veksler wrote:
> > > On 12/28/06, Kenneth Tindle <ktindle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > man nameif
> > > >
> > > > "name interface"
> > > > /sbin/nameif
> > > >
> > >
> > > Doesn't redhat use udev already?
> > > If so it's quite simple (man udev)
> >
> > It's not that the device isn't detected, it's that the system is
> > renaming it.  Often different kernels will scan the PCI bus differently
> > and the names will change.  I hit this with two kernels with minor rev
> > changes on a single Dell 2850.  Even the same kernel run on two slightly
> > different hardware platforms will cause issues.   A Dell 2850 scans the
> > motherboard first, then the PCI bus.  A Dell 1850 will scan the PCI bus
> > first, THEN the motherboard.  Sheesh!  Consistency, please!
> >
> > The most reliable method to tie an interface name to a specific NIC is
> > to either create an /etc/mactab file with the entries in it, e.g.:
> >
> >         eth0    aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
> >         eth1    gg:hh:ii:jj:kk:ll
> >
> > or add the "MACADDR=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" line to the ifcfg-ethX file
> > involved.  Of the two, I prefer the second one ("MACADDR=").  One less
> > thing to look at (if you have a problem with NIC naming, check the
> > network config files instead of something in /etc).  But then, I'm a
> > lazy cuss!  :-)
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> Part of what udev does is deciding on the name for the mentioned device.
> Please this thread as reference
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.region.israel/28055/focus=28069
>
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