About Option 4, Configure Ethernet Names Interactively

You can see which ports have been assigned what, and make custom assignments, by pressing 4 (Configure ethernet names interactively) during the installation. Example output below (input shown in bold).

This example shows a machine with a two-port add-in card that has lower PCI addresses, assigned by default, than the built-in ports. The default assignments use the add-in card but the desired assignments are the built-in ports: the third default (eth10) device for eth0; and the fourth default (eth11) device for eth1. This example shows the assigning of the interfaces.

Enter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 : 4

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Current ethernet device naming:

eth0

PCI address: 0000:01:00.0 HW address: 00:15:17:8A:49:90

Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

eth1

PCI address: 0000:01:00.1 HW address: 00:15:17:8A:49:91

Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

eth10

PCI address: 0000:04:00.0 HW address: 00:13:72:3C:33:56

inet addr: 172.19.172.238

Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)

eth11

PCI address: 0000:05:00.0 HW address: 00:13:72:3C:33:57

Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)

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BEGIN update naming

PCI address: 0000:01:00.0 HW addr: 00:15:17:8A:49:90

Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

Currently assigned name: eth0

Enter one of the following:

a: Keep the current name (eth0)

b: Flash the LED for 4 seconds

c: Flash the LED for 16 seconds

d: Flash the LED for 64 seconds

e: Flash the LED for 128 seconds

The eth number you want for the name of this device.

> 10

PCI address: 0000:01:00.1 HW addr: 00:15:17:8A:49:91

Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

Currently assigned name: eth1

Enter one of the following:

a: Keep the current name (eth1)

b: Flash the LED for 4 seconds

c: Flash the LED for 16 seconds

d: Flash the LED for 64 seconds

e: Flash the LED for 128 seconds

The eth number you want for the name of this device.

> 11

PCI address: 0000:04:00.0 HW addr: 00:13:72:3C:33:56

inet addr: 172.19.172.238

Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)

Currently assigned name: eth10

Enter one of the following:

a: Keep the current name (eth10)

b: Flash the LED for 4 seconds

c: Flash the LED for 16 seconds

d: Flash the LED for 64 seconds

e: Flash the LED for 128 seconds

The eth number you want for the name of this device.

> 0

PCI address: 0000:05:00.0 HW addr: 00:13:72:3C:33:57

Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)

Currently assigned name: eth11

Enter one of the following:

a: Keep the current name (eth11)

b: Flash the LED for 4 seconds

c: Flash the LED for 16 seconds

d: Flash the LED for 64 seconds

e: Flash the LED for 128 seconds

The eth number you want for the name of this device.

> 1

Done specifying the device to eth number mapping.

The new mapping is:

0000:04:00.0,00:13:72:3C:33:56 eth0

0000:05:00.0,00:13:72:3C:33:57 eth1

0000:01:00.0,00:15:17:8A:49:90 eth10

0000:01:00.1,00:15:17:8A:49:91 eth11

Use this mapping? (y/n) y

Saving...

Enter 1 to Reboot to complete the installation.

Enter 2 to Halt. Installation will continue when rebooted.

Enter 3 to Flash ethernet port LEDs.

Enter 4 to Configure ethernet device names interactively.

Enter 5 to Specify devices to use for eth0 and eth1.

Enter 6 to Reset ethernet device naming back to default.

Enter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 :