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> -- kind regards, David Sommerseth