Disable Ethernet CID naming (ifnames)

[VIRGO77]

Hi!
I'm a new user of TrueNAS (I'm on Scale Edition), and I'm a bit annoyed by the actual names of my NICs.
Actually, I got names like 'enx000ec6b9360e' which is not really easy to check which one is this NIC as I got a lot of NICs.
Is there a way to get rid of this annoying naming? Like eth0, or ensxxx?

I tried to disable this by modding GRUB, and adding this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0"

No luck

I read this Forum Topic, and tried the solution in the last post. No luck.

So, maybe a tunable variable? I tried to add a tunable "net.ifnames" but TrueNAS says that this variable is not present in the kernel.

Thanks a lot :)

V.

 

[Samuel Tai]

This is inherited from upstream Linux. See https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/#:~:text=The classic naming scheme for,are probed by the drivers.

To set these kernel parameters, use midclt call system.advanced.update '{ "kernel_extra_options": "net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" }' and reboot.

However, the current NIC names include the MAC address, which you should help you identify the NIC, as the MAC is usually on a sticker on the NIC.

 

[VIRGO77]

Wouahouh, thanks a lot! it works great :)
If I change my mind, is there a way to revert back?

 

[Samuel Tai]

If I change my mind, is there a way to revert back?

Just repeat the command with an empty string for the kernel_extra_options and reboot.

 

[VIRGO77]

ah yes, I was thinking about this. Thanks a lot :)
have a good day