rhel4 detects NICs in reverse on a 2950

[Simon Gao]

G-man wrote:
> On 9/6/2006, "Todd Lyons" <tlyons at ivenue.com> wrote:
>   
>> Post production:
>> Xacto Knife and super glue. Swap the labels on the case exterior.
>>
>> Pre production:
>> Adjust the printer.
>>
>> </funny>
>>
>> Seriously though, what about setting the MAC address in the
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* files isn't considered a fix?
>>     
>
> Bios says NIC labeled "1" is NIC1, kernel says NIC labeled "2" is
> NIC1. For one or two boxes I can reset the HWADDR variable.  But if I
> need to image many 2950/1950(?)s ,  I'd prefer it to work  out of the
> box or a way to detect the sitution during installation (redhat
> kickstart) and not affect installation on other types of hardware..
>
> Its annoying to find  inconsistences between different generation
> platforms from a single vendor. We moved away from generic boxes for
> that reason.  The transition from 2600 series to 2800 series was simple
> and hassle free.
>
> I should try the "IPAPPEND 2" option w/ PXE to see if that works.
>
> "fixed" would be when the BIOS and kernel agree that NIC labeled X is
> NICX and NIC labeled Y is NICY.
>   
This is exactly what I mean by "a permanent fix". No hassle, no tweaking 
up front and after install, straight vanilla installation out of box and 
it works no matter what kernel version, or which Linux distros to work 
with. I wonder if 2950 is certified with RHEL4. If so, then it's indeed 
a problem for Dell.

Simon