<s>
Consistent	B-Application
Network	I-Application
Device	I-Application
Naming	I-Application
is	O
a	O
convention	O
for	O
naming	O
Ethernet	B-Protocol
adapters	I-Protocol
in	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
around	O
2009	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
old	O
naming	O
scheme	O
that	O
caused	O
problems	O
on	O
multihomed	B-Protocol
machines	O
because	O
the	O
network	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
controllers	I-Protocol
(	O
NICs	O
)	O
would	O
be	O
named	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
order	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
found	O
by	O
the	O
kernel	O
as	O
it	O
booted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
to	O
adopt	O
the	O
module	O
were	O
Fedora	O
15	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
and	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
11	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
Dell	B-Device
PowerEdge	I-Device
and	O
Dell	B-Operating_System
Precision	I-Operating_System
models	O
support	O
the	O
new	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open-source	O
implementation	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
udev	B-Application
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
7	O
started	O
using	O
systemd	O
for	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
