NICs not Deteceted in RedHat ES 4

[Ed Wilts]

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 05:08:33PM -0800, Harjinder Singh wrote:
> The Network cards do show up in lspci.
> 
> in system configuration what would i need to put for name (eth0?) and device?
> 
> will i have to do it for both cards?

There aren't really two cards - just two interfaces - and you typically
give the nickname the same as the device.  In your case, it would be
eth0 and eth1.  The documentation on system-config-network is at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-network-config.html

        .../Ed

> Ed Wilts <ewilts at ewilts.org> wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:45:37PM -0800, Harjinder Singh wrote:
> > I have a serious problem which I'm hoping someone can help me resolve
> > ASAP.
> > 
> > I am running RedHat ES 4 on a HP Proliant DL 380 Server which has two
> > NICs installed.
> 
> For RHEL 4, you should use the nahant list, not redhat-list.
> 
> > I am booting redhat at runlevel 3.   When i do an ifconfig i only get
> > the local Loopback  listed and not eth0 or eth1.  When i startx and go
> > into the RedHat Hardware browser It lists the two nics but when I go
> > to the Network Device Control it doesn't show any network interfaces
> > configured.
> 
> First off, does lspci show you the 2 onboard NICs?  You should see a
> pair of Broadcom GigE NICs - at least my DL380 systems do with RHEL 3.
> lspci is probably what the hardware browser uses.
> 
> >From the command line, run system-config-network and configure your
> network interfaces.  There's a good chance they just haven't been
> configured yet.
> 
>         .../Ed
> 
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