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Consistent Network Device Naming

Consistent Network Device Naming is a convention for naming Ethernet adapters in Linux.

Adoption
The convention was implemented for Dell in a module called . Among the first major Linux distributions to adopt the module were Fedora 15 in May 2011 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.1. It was also released in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 in February 2012. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 started using systemd for networking. ==Device naming rules==
Device naming rules
• Onboard interfaces at firmware index numbers • Interfaces at PCI Express hotplug slot numbers • Adapters in the specified PCI slot, with slot index number on the adapter • If firmware information is invalid or rules are disabled, use traditional ==References==
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