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For example, in the ifcfg-eth-id-00:AA:BB:11:22:33 file, the trailing
identifier, AA:BB:22:33, is the MAC address for the device.
2c Rename the file to ifcfg-ethX, where X represents the number of Ethernet devices
on the system. For example, the name for the configuration eth0 is ifcfg-eth0.
3 In the /etc/sysconfig/network/config file, change the value of
FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES to No.
4 Reboot the device.
Disabling the Persistent Network Device Names for SLES 9 / NLD
You must rename the Ethernet configuration file to initialize the Ethernet devices on boot.
1 Go to /etc/sysconfig/network.
2 Find the ifcfg-eth file for each Ethernet device. In the filename, the trailing identifier for
an Ethernet device represents the MAC address for the device.
For example,
In the ifcfg-eth-id-00:AA:BB:11:22:33 file, the trailing identifier,
AA:BB:22:33, is the MAC address for the device.
3 Rename the file to ifcfg-ethX, where X represents the number of Ethernet devices on the
system. For example, the name for the configuration eth0 is ifcfg-eth0.
Disabling the Persistent Storage Device Names
To disable the persistent storage device names for SLES9/SLES10/SLED9/SLED10:
1 Search for the /dev/disk/by-* references in the boot loader configuration file /boot/
grub/menu.lst and the file system table /etc/fstab.
2 Store the mapping of /dev/disk/by-* symlinks to their targets in a scratch file: ls -l /
dev/disk/by-* > /tmp/scratchpad.txt.
3 Remove storage-specific entries, such as SAN or iSCSI volumes, that are not local to the
system.
4 In /boot//grub/menu.lst and/etc/fstab files, replace the /dev/disk/by-*
entries from the scratch file with the device names the symlinks point to.
5 Reboot the device.
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