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After Replacing a System Board on Oracle Big Data Appliance 'ifconfig eth0' Returns "eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found" (Doc ID 1944741.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Applies to:

Big Data Appliance Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle Database Appliance - Version All Versions and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

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After replacing the system board on a BDA server eth0 disappears.  

On the node where the system board was replaced, 'ifconfig eth0' returns: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found 

Note: The scenario here applies to ODA as well as BDA.

Changes

 The system board on the node where eth0 disappears was replaced.

Cause

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