On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:18:10PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
Matt Domsch wrote:
> I don't expect desktops to expose
> this information - they have only 1 NIC.
Many desktops have dual-NICs. I'm typing from an SMBIOS 2.6 ASUS desktop
motherboard with dual-NICs.
Handle 0x002D, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Ethernet
Status: Enabled
Description: Onboard Ethernet
Handle 0x003D, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
Reference Designation: Onboard Ethernet
Type: Ethernet
Status: Enabled
Type Instance: 0
This is the interesting field. Type 41 obsoletes Type 10, and adds the
Type Instance field.
Will my network interface names change with this feature or is this
purely for Dell/HP only? I'm a bit confused by the verbage on the wiki
page and the part about SMBIOS 2.6.
Yes, your system, on new install, or if you delete
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and the HWADDR lines from
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*, will then use the new names.
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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO