p8p1 ethernet won't connect to a network

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On 04/05/13 03:26, Fran Garcia wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>>
>> I changed in the new server, but it does not make a network
>> connection on one of the subnets at school.
>>
>> 1.  Instead of using eth0 as the default connection, the system
>> wants to use p8p1.  I edited /etc/sysconf/network-scripts to change
>> the device to eth0 and I took out the UUID line.  ifcfg-p8p1 was
>> renamed to p8p1-ifcfg.
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This is one of those servers that really, really wants that. FYI, it's
an old Sun-ism. You can leave it. If you really want to change its ID to 
eth0, put the MAC address in the ifcfg-eth0. Also, make *sure* you edit 
/etc/udev.d/rules/70-persistant-net.rules

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