You will need to match the MAC or hardware "address" that corresponds to the physical NIC port to the interface label you want for each eth0 through eth9 interface. For example, the following image shows what the physical mapping should be on a Security Analytics 10G appliance (Dell R720xd). (Also applicable to Dell R730xd).
The challenge is knowing which address belongs to each physical port. The sample below is from /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rule for a Dell R720xd. There are two types of controllers listed, I350 Gigabit and the 82599ES_SF2 10 Gigabit. A typical Dell R720xd for Security Analytics has eight 1GB ports and 2 10GB fiber ports as shown above.
In the address from the example, ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", notice that the leading octet/number is bc for the internal 1GB ports on the baseboard and a0 for the PCI based 1GB and 10GB ports. These may change over time, but the internal NIC ports leading octet/number will be different than the PCI based NIC ports.
Look at the last number of each "address". Notice that the eth0 interface has the highest value of the four that begin with bc. Port 4 is assigned the highest number. Security Analytics designates labels port 4 as eth0 in the software and documentation.
To make the changes necessary, there are two files to change when the eth0 port needs to be changed:
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
For the address you want assigned to eth0, change the NAME to eth0. Change the next lowest address to eth1, next lowest to eth2 and lowest to eth3. Then for the 1GB PCI card, change the NAMEs to eth4-7. The two 10GB fiber ports should be eth8 and eth9, with the lowest final number in the address to be eth8 and the highest to be eth9.
The last step is to modify the ifcfg-eth files. The /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX files must be changed to match. See the sample below. Keep a copy of the 70-persistent-net.rule file available or displayed to use as a reference. Change the HWADDR address to match the address line from /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rule for the NAME="eth0". They must match perfectly. Do this for each of the ifcfg-eth0 through ifcfg-eth9 files. The final step is to reboot.
Sample for /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rule for a Dell R720xd
# This file was automatically generated by the solera_enet_config.py script
# Tue Oct 14 12:37:25 2014
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth2"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth3"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth4"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth5"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth6"
# Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth7"
# Intel corporation 82599ES_SF2 10 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth8"
# Intel corporation 82599ES_SF2 10 Gigabit Network Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{ADDRESS.EN_US}=="##:##:##:##:##:##", ATTR{TYPE.EN_US}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth9"
Sample /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO="static"
HWADDR=##:##:##:##:##:##
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
NM_CONTROLLED=no
IPADDR=10.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=10.0.0.1
PEERDNS=no
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6ADDR=
IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES=
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_ROUTER=no
IPV6_PRIVACY=no
Sample ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ##:##:##:##:##:##
inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2001:db8:ffff:ffff::/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:327680 errors:0 dropped:608 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:285168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:97445331 (92.9 MiB) TX bytes:23948577 (22.8 MiB)
Additional tools to assist in finding which port is assigned to which eth? label.
To blink a NIC port assigned to eth0 run, ethtool -p eth0. To stop the blinking press Ctrl+C. To determine if a cable is connected and a has a link, run ethtool eth0. Look for the "Link detected:" line at the end. It will be 'yes' or 'no' depending whether the port has a good link.
Call Security Analytics Product Support for assistance.