Antwort: Re: distinguish two identical network cards

[andreas . hartmann]

Hello,

> Hi,
>
> If its physically identifying the cards that you want,
> then you can  use 'ethtool' for it.  ' -p ' option of
> ethtool will help you physically identify the cards.

unfortunatelly, it doesn't help. I want to know the physical location of the
NIC, because I have to configure, e.g., the lower NIC should be eth0 and the
upper one eth1 (or vice versa).

Kind regards,
Andreas Hartmann

> > Hello!
> >
> > I've got a little problem with XSeries machines, containing two identical
> > builtin Broadcom NIC's. Is there any chance to get some information, which
> > one of the two cards is the upper, and which one is the lower card?
> > I need this information, because I want to install a lot of these machines
> > automatically.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for every hint,
> > kind regards,
> > Andreas Hartmann
> >
> >
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Andreas Hartmann

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