- Issued:
- 2011-05-19
- Updated:
- 2011-05-19
RHEA-2011:0644 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
new package: biosdevname
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
A new biosdevname package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
Traditionally, network interfaces in Linux are named eth[X]. However, in many
cases, these names do not correspond to actual labels on the chassis. Modern
server platforms with multiple network adapters can encounter non-deterministic
and counter-intuitive naming of these network interfaces.
This update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 introduces biosdevname, an optional
convention for naming network interfaces. biosdevname assigns names to network
interfaces based on their physical location.
Note that biosdevname is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell
PowerEdge, C Series and Precision Workstation systems.
Further information on the new biosdevname feature is available in the
Knowledgebase article linked in the References field of this errata.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 672663 - renames existing devices that already have configuration
- BZ - 676932 - biosdevname can have false positives with PCI domains
CVEs
(none)
References
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
i386 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 50412e3b27c0eb544f806e96b39898e3f808c1d39e562e57cfc76333b3099f87 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b244748edb58ba19b1374730a70e5e24c98b92fc773953a9864cedcd045371a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
i386 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 50412e3b27c0eb544f806e96b39898e3f808c1d39e562e57cfc76333b3099f87 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b244748edb58ba19b1374730a70e5e24c98b92fc773953a9864cedcd045371a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
i386 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 50412e3b27c0eb544f806e96b39898e3f808c1d39e562e57cfc76333b3099f87 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b244748edb58ba19b1374730a70e5e24c98b92fc773953a9864cedcd045371a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
i386 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 50412e3b27c0eb544f806e96b39898e3f808c1d39e562e57cfc76333b3099f87 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b244748edb58ba19b1374730a70e5e24c98b92fc773953a9864cedcd045371a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
i386 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 50412e3b27c0eb544f806e96b39898e3f808c1d39e562e57cfc76333b3099f87 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b244748edb58ba19b1374730a70e5e24c98b92fc773953a9864cedcd045371a5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: b2164155c8a0dcc79662891d834663931f176b5b2bf7f8154b77a2cf1e1d5a84 |
x86_64 | |
biosdevname-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8c08bbcb63eb5f5887dc4b27de69a986224a919cc133c2c6f016f13d4aba2bd0 |
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.3.6-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4616c9a8fe2abda8812522d65fd81fe79083ee69a07903d501213f3efc51397a |
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