[PCA 3.x] OL8.x Instance Secondary VNIC Might Have IP Address Dropped After Reboot (Doc ID 3029375.1)

Last updated on JUNE 17, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

On PCA 3.x running a Oracle Linux 8 instance, when configuring a Secondary VNIC for the instance following PCA3 User Guide and run secondary_vnic_all_configure.sh script, the IP address might not getting assigned after rebooting the instance, and the following error could be found in system log:

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Jun 6 15:12:31 Test-OEL8 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Jun 6 15:12:31 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <info> [1151.0992] device (ens5): state change: deactivating -> disconnected (reason 'user-requested', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 6 15:12:31 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <info> [1151.1054] dhcp4 (ens5): canceled DHCP transaction
Jun 6 15:12:31 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <info> [1151.1054] dhcp4 (ens5): state changed no lease
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Jun 6 15:13:41 Test-OEL8 systemd[1]: Started Setting the secondary vnic.
Jun 6 15:13:46 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <info> [1151.0457] device (ens5): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 6 15:13:46 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <warn> [1151.0462] device (ens5): Activation: failed for connection 'System ens5'
Jun 6 15:13:46 Test-OEL8 NetworkManager[1887]: <info> [1151.0464] device (ens5): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
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Changes

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Cause

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