em0-2 to igb0-2 port rename
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Greetings everyone! I'm wondering if it's feasible to permanently rename the em0-3 ports to igb0-3. The reason behind this is that I intend to establish an HA cluster on two physical machines that have similar specifications. Unfortunately, one of the units has em0-3 ports while the other has igb0-3 ports.
Netgear's Youtube videos and documentations state that both HA units must have the identical interfaces and port names (i.e., igb, em) to function correctly. Thanks.
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@boatsman The device names come from the drivers for the chipsets on the NICs.
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@rcoleman-netgate I get that. So I assume that the anser is "No". So how can HA be established on such units?
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@boatsman Matching hardware is all I can suggest.
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@boatsman @rcoleman-netgate hmm…
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/highavailability/pfsync.html#pfsync-and-physical-interfaces“This is no longer the case on pfSense Plus software version 22.01 and later and pfSense CE software version 2.6.0 and later. On these versions, the states are no longer bound to interfaces in the way described in this section.”
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@steveits Thank you, Steve. I appreciate it. It's very encouraging.
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