Force wicked to assign IP addresses to network interfaces even if no signal is detected by adding
LINK_REQUIRED='no' to the respective /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-* file. To do so, follow these steps:
- Enter the network configuration for the system to continue the booting process.
- Access the system from the console.
- Change to root using the following command:
rsaadmin@am84p:~> sudo su -
rsaadmin's password: <enter operating system password>
- Add LINK_REQUIRED='no' to the configuration file of the first network interface eth0:
am84p:~ # echo "LINK_REQUIRED='no'" >> /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
- If using multiple interfaces, add the same line to their respective configuration files. The configuration files are all in the same directory named ifcfg-eth0, ifcfg-eth1, ifcfg-eth2, etc.
- Restart the network service for the changed to take effect using the following command:
am84p:~ # service network restart
Shutting down network interface
eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Co done
Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done
Hint: you may set mandatory devices in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
Setting up network interfaces
eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Co
eth0 IP address 192.168.2.50/23 done
Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done
- Verify that the network interfaces are up and assigned an IP:
am84p:~ # ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 gdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host secondary lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> ntu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:56:01:0c:38 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.2.50/23 brd 102.168.3.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe01:c38/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
- Restart Authentication Manager services to bring them back up:
am84p:~ # /opt/rsa/am/server/rsaserv restart all