booting from host with multiple network cards

[Michael Tautschnig]

> Sorry for the self-followup, I forgot something
> 
> > I don't care which interface is configured, as long as a usable interface
> > is configured. (If there's no dhcp on this network then it's not "usable"
> > - at least for mounting the nfs shares.)
> 
> I have servers with up to 8 network interfaces (2 quadport NICs). I really
> don't want to try "educated" guesses which interface is assigned what
> "eth#". Especially since HP sometimes uses 2 different chips for the 4
> onboard interfaces. (BL680c G5 specific)
> 
> Currently interface are assigned as follows:
> 
> internal 1 - eth0
> internal 2 - eth1
> internal 3 - eth6
> internal 4 - eth7
> 
> addon 1 - eth2
> addon 2 - eth3
> addon 3 - eth4
> addon 4 - eth5
> 
> Who knows how long this is going to stay this way? Next kernelrelease?
> Next hardware revision?
> 

Forever? 

Well, at least industry acknowledged the problem, and there even seem to be some
workarounds related to PXE stuff:

http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v4.pdf 

Best,
Michael

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