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Example entries for mandatory devices

If you are using eth2 and eth3 for interconnectivity, use the following example procedures to set mandatory devices.

 To set mandatory devices entry in the /etc/sysconfig/network/config

Enter:

MANDATORY_DEVICES="eth2-00:04:23:AD:4A:4C eth3-00:04:23:AD:4A:4D"

 To set a persistent name entry in an interface file

In file: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-00:09:3d:00:cd:22 (Name of the eth0 Interface file), enter:

BOOTPROTO='static'

BROADCAST='10.212.255.255'

IPADDR='10.212.88.22'

MTU=' '

NETMASK='255.255.254.0'

NETWORK='10.212.88.0'

REMOTE_IP=' '

STARTMODE='onboot'

UNIQUE='RFE1.bBSepP2NetB'

_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:06:07.0'

PERSISTENT_NAME=eth0