These machines have a variety of network cards, which come up in varying orders. They all have 1 mgmt interface, and 1 test interface.
I'd like to be able to rename the network connections in Windows according to their purpose (e.g. mgmt and test). Then I can use netsh to give them their IP addresses, etc. (Being able to give them IP info without renaming would also be acceptable).
Does anyone know a way to determine which adapter has link? Given that, I can name that one mgmt, and then toggle link (via the switch) on the test interface to find it. (I can't just use "the other" nic for test, because some of the machines have an onboard GigE that is cheezed, so their test NIC is a generic 100mbit card.)
I'm trying to get a 100% unattended install together. I did finally try the CTTY COM1 trick (for DOS serial console), and it works. I am going to add in a timeout that asks whether you want to install over serial (and defaults to no) to all the bootdisks today. Then I can at least start the reinstall remotely.
Even if I were to set the MAC addresses in the DHCP server (a somewhat compelling argument), that'd only handle the mgmt interfaces, so I'd still need to figure out which of the other NICs is the "real" test interface.
Thanks, Jordan Share
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