On 19/08/16 13:56, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
> 
> rmmod ixgbe
> modprobe ixgbe
> 
> And then the drivers load as I've specified in 70-persistent-net.rules
> and a quick "ifup eth0" gets the network running as expected.
> 
> My question is why isn't the setup in the udev rules file being used at
> boot time?  I need that specific NIC to load up as eth0.

Just a hunch ... biosdevnames might be prioritized during boot, and
IIRC, Dell systems use primarily biosdevnames.

For more info:
<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html>


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kind regards,

David Sommerseth