Consistent Network Device Naming: Difference between revisions

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* <tt>em[1-N]</tt> for on-board (embedded) NICs (# matches chassis labels)

* <tt>p<slot_number>p<port_number></tt> for cards in [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] slots, ports starting at 1 (not zero)

* <tt>NPAR</tt> &and <tt>SR-IOV</tt> devices add a suffix of <tt>_<vf></tt>, from 0..N depending on the number of Partitions or Virtual Functions exposed on each port.

* Other Linux conventions, such as <tt>.<vlan></tt> and <tt>:<alias></tt> suffixes remain unchanged and are still applicable <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>

The convention was implemented for [[Dell]] in a module called <code>biosdevname</code>.<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>