kickstart and network configuration

[Scott Adkins]

I am having an issue with using a single kickstart for two different models
of similar hardware (IBM Blade Center model 8678 and model 8832). 
Apparently,
the newer model flips its concept of what is the primary ethernet, causing
eth1 to come up instead of eth0.  Since both interfaces actually have link
state on them, I can't just "not specify" and expect the right one to be
chosen.  So, I am trying to find a better way to adapt to the hardware.

First off, the line "network --bootproto dhcp --device eth1" is required to
get the newer blades to boot.  However, it will break the older blades.

I wondered if there was a way to not specify the network and maybe set it
up in the %PRE section or something.  When exactly does the %PRE section
get executed anyways?  Does it get executed with every reboot until after
the packages are installed?  Is it only once?

What I am looking for is a more generic way to set up the network to the
way I want it so that the kickstart will work.  What I do know is the
serial numbers of the old blades (we only have a handful of them), so I
could have the network set up one way by default, and a different way if
one of the serial numbers show up... I have access to the serial number
in the kickstart (already verified that).

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Scott
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