Hmm, there is no simple API or such to gather this network stuff, the best we can do (that I'm aware of) is parsing the sysfs. In addition to the em# devices, it looks like we'll also need to account for p#p# as an option for physical nic per your link. Thanks for the info.
As an aside, I can see what they're trying to with these persistent naming schemes, but the persistent udev rules in particular have only caused me trouble, and I always delete them first thing. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:07 PM, prasanna <srivatsav.prasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dell Chassis - consistent naming? I know we use a lot of Dell > Poweredge servers in the lab > https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/appe-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html > > > On 29 January 2013 05:37, Marcus Sorensen <shadow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What sort of system is this? I'm just wondering when to expect 'em' >> type devices. This is going to get ugly if we can't anticipate a >> reasonable naming convention for physical nics. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Sangeetha Hariharan >> <sangeetha.hariha...@citrix.com> wrote: >>> em1 > > > > -- > Prasanna.,
