Network Interface naming convention in Red Hat 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Network interface names:
1) fixed names (which is default naming behaviour) based on:
firmware
device topology
device type
ethernet interfaces begin with: en
wlan interfaces begin with: wl
wwan interfaces begin with: ww (Wireless Wide Area Network use mobile telecommunication cellular network technologies)
Next Character represents the type of adapter:
o - on-board
s - hotplug slot
p - PCI geographic location
x - used to incorporate MAC address (not used by default)
Finally a number N represents an index, ID or port.
examples:
eno1 - first embedded (on-board) network interface
enp2s0 - example of PCI card ethernet network interface
ens9 - example of virtual network adapter (vmware/KVM)
enp0s18f2u2 - USB ethernet adapter
wlp3s0 - example of PCI card wifi network interface
wlp0s18f2u4 - USB wifi adapter
if the fixed name cannot be determined, the old traditional names such as eth0, eth1 ... ethN are used. Traditional naming convention (eth0, eth1 ...) is for example used for KVM virtio virtual adapter.
2) BIOS names
biosdevname package must be installed and biosdevname must be enabled.
Depends on support for biosdevname in the system BIOS. If BIOS does not support biosdevname
biosdevname network interface names will not be used.
yum install biosdevname
biosdevname=1 (to enable biosdevname naming convention)
em1, em2 ... emN - on-board network cards (embedded)
pYpX (p1p1, p1p2, p2p1, p2p2, etc.) PCI network cards where:
Y - the PCI slot number
X - the number for the port on that specific card
Few examples:
em1 - first on-board embedded network interface
p1p1 - PCI network card interface example
biosdevname command
biosdevname takes a kernel device name as an argument, and returns the BIOS-given name it "should" be.
biosdevname -i eno1 (Treat args as ethernet devs)
em1
biosdevname -d (Enable debugging)
BIOS device: em1
Kernel name: eno1
Permanent MAC: 52:54:00:F9:A3:CC
Assigned MAC : 52:54:00:F9:A3:CC
ifIndex: 2
Driver: tg3
Driver version: 3.137
Firmware version: 5761e-v3.71
Bus Info: 0000:09:00.0
PCI name : 0000:09:00.0
PCI Slot : embedded
SMBIOS Device Type: Ethernet
SMBIOS Instance: 1
SMBIOS Label: Broadcom 5761E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
sysfs Index: 1
sysfs Label: Broadcom 5761E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Embedded Index: 1
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