Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual page 182

Chapter 14. Network Interfaces
HWADDR=<MAC-address>
where <MAC-address> is the hardware address of the Ethernet device in the form
AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. This directive must be used in machines containing more than one NIC to
ensure that the interfaces are assigned the correct device names regardless of the configured load
order for each NIC's module. This directive should not be used in conjunction with MACADDR.
IPADDR=<address>
where <address> is the IP address.
MACADDR=<MAC-address>
where <MAC-address> is the hardware address of the Ethernet device in the form
AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. This directive is used to assign a MAC address to an interface, overriding
the one assigned to the physical NIC. This directive should not be used in conjunction with
HWADDR.
MASTER=<bond-interface>
where <bond-interface> is the channel bonding interface to which the Ethernet interface is
linked.
This directive is used in conjunction with the SLAVE directive.
Section 14.2.3, "Channel Bonding Interfaces"
Refer to
interfaces.
NETMASK=<mask>
where <mask> is the netmask value.
NETWORK=<address>
where <address> is the network address. This directive is deprecated, as the value is calculated
automatically with ifcalc.
ONBOOT=<answer>
where <answer> is one of the following:
• yes — This device should be activated at boot-time.
• no — This device should not be activated at boot-time.
PEERDNS=<answer>
where <answer> is one of the following:
• yes — Modify /etc/resolv.conf if the DNS directive is set. If using DHCP, then yes is the
default.
• no — Do not modify /etc/resolv.conf.
SLAVE=<bond-interface>
where <bond-interface> is one of the following:
• yes — This device is controlled by the channel bonding interface specified in the MASTER
directive.
• no — This device is not controlled by the channel bonding interface specified in the MASTER
directive.
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for more information about channel bonding