[sles-beta] SLES12 network interface names

[Michael Brookhuis]

Hi,

I have a least 2 other big customers that will run into this same problem.

Michael

>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:38, <urs.frey at post.ch> wrote: 
> Hi 
>  
> I had a look at the wiki you provided. 
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterface 
> Names/ 
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> My concern is, that I have to know the proper network interface name before  
> I create the autoyast autoinst.xml profile. 
> This could be accomplished perfectly when having the eth names. 
>  
> Now with the new naming rules I run into problems as I do not know the pci  
> bus number before powering the server. 
> I sometimes do not even know the kind of network interface HW built in in my  
> ProLiant servers. Sometimes Broadcom, sometimes, Intel sometimes Emulex NIC,  
> who knows. 
>  
> Even when having installed on VMWare and changing the HW emulation level,  
> the NIC name changes. 
> This is really not a way to go, as with every ESXi update the HW emulation  
> level may change. 
> I would like to have my VMware installation living over years with no manual  
> interaction necessary 
>  
> I see a big challenge to get autoyast running .. 
>  
> Best regards 
>  
>  
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