Could this be a race condition?
# biosdevname -i em1 em1 # biosdevname -i em2 em3 # biosdevname -i em3 em4 # biosdevname -i rename3 em2
# lshw -businfo -C network Bus info Device Class Description ==================================================== pci@0000:03:00.0 em1 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet pci@0000:03:00.1 rename3 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet pci@0000:04:00.0 em2 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet pci@0000:04:00.1 em3 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
Not sure if relevant but the server in HP ProLiant DL380 G7
Could this be a race condition?
# biosdevname -i em1
em1
# biosdevname -i em2
em3
# biosdevname -i em3
em4
# biosdevname -i rename3
em2
# lshw -businfo -C network ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ===
Bus info Device Class Description
=======
pci@0000:03:00.0 em1 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
pci@0000:03:00.1 rename3 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
pci@0000:04:00.0 em2 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
pci@0000:04:00.1 em3 network NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
Not sure if relevant but the server in HP ProLiant DL380 G7