Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0644 - new package: biosdevname

Synopsis

new package: biosdevname

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new biosdevname package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Traditionally, network interfaces in Linux are named eth[X]. However, in many cases, these names do not correspond to actual labels on the chassis. Modern server platforms with multiple network adapters can encounter non-deterministic and counter-intuitive naming of these network interfaces.

This update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 introduces biosdevname, an optional convention for naming network interfaces. biosdevname assigns names to network interfaces based on their physical location.

Note that biosdevname is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell PowerEdge, C Series and Precision Workstation systems.

Further information on the new biosdevname feature is available in the Knowledgebase article linked in the References field of this errata.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm
  • biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information