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Configure DNS Server
Before troubleshooting this issue make sure to review the steps on KB "Failed to get ip address" not found
# vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.1.8 labcr1 labcr1.hpeswlab.net
# vi /etc/resolv.conf
search hpeswlab.net
nameserver 192.168.1.1
Note that the name server must match the one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scrpts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
NAME=eth0
DNS1=192.168.1.1
DOMAIN=hpeswlab.net
#NM_CONTROLLED=no
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:0C:29:F9:ED:05
#TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.8
#NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
check_link_down() {
return 1;
}
# reboot