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The convention was implemented for [[Dell]] in a module called {{Mono|biosdevname}}.<ref name="digit">{{Cite web |title= Fedora 15 Changing The Network Device Naming Scheme |work= Digitizer Linux News |url= http://digitizor.com/2011/01/25/fedora-15-network-device-naming/ |date= January 25, 2011 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
 
Among the first major [[Linux distribution]]s to adopt the module were [[List of Fedora versions#Fedora 15|Fedora 15]] in May 2011<ref name="esecurityplanet">{{Cite web |title= Fedora 15 boosts Linux security |url= http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.html/ |work= eSecurity Planet |author= Sean Michael Kerner |date= May 20, 2011 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://archive.is/20130122231054/http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.html/ |archivedate= January 22, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author= Joe Brockmeier |title= Breaking a few eggs: Fedora 15 changes network device naming. Fedora 15 pioneering consistent network device naming |work= Network World |date= January 24, 2011 |url= http://www.networkworld.com/community/fedora-15-changes-network-device-naming }}</ref> and [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] version 6.1.<ref name="red">{{Cite web |url= http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/appe-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html |work= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 documentation |title= Appendix A. Consistent Network Device Naming |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="dell">{{Cite web |url= http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/consistent_network_device_naming_in_linux.pdf |date= July 2012 |author= Narendra K |title= Consistent Network Device Naming in Linux |publisher= [[Dell]] Linux Engineering division |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref> It was also released in [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]] 11 Service Pack 2 in February 2012.<ref name="dell" /> The newer [[Dell PowerEdge]] and [[Dell Precision]] models support the new names.<ref name="dell" />
 
An [[open-source license|open-source]] implementation is available, based on the [[udev]] mechanism.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Biosdevname - Consistent Network Device Naming |url= http://linux.dell.com/biosdevname/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Consistent Network Device Naming |work= Project web site |publisher= Fedora |url= https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming |author= Matt Domsch and Jordan Hargrave |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 started using systemd for networking.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2014/08/07/understanding-network-persistent-device-naming-in-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328212000/http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2014/08/07/understanding-network-persistent-device-naming-in-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7 |archive-date=2017-03-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>