Andy's questions

I'm attempting to configure a machine with 3 NICs, the first two are built-in GbE controllers, the third is a 10GbE controller. Via NetworkManager, I've configured the 'first' GbE NIC (which at the time was eth0) to use a static IP address. The second GbE NIC will be configured on a separate private network and the 10GbE NIC is not being used right now.

When I reboot the machine, the ordering of eth0, eth1, eth2, etc appears to be random. Occasionally eth0 will pick up the static ip address, other times it is recognized as eth1 and grabs a DHCP address. In this case, I need to swap the cables before it reconfigures properly.

How can I control the ordering so that a particular physical NIC always comes up as eth0 or eth1 without changing next reboot?

I'm trying to get my head around our snmpd.conf file in order to begin managing snmp with puppet. The existing file has several alarms setup for things like excessive disk space, load, etc. I'm assuming that when these conditions are reached an snmp trap is sent to the manager. However, the snmpd.conf file does not contain any manager setup or information. In other words there is no mention of a host or port where the manager runs. Thus, how does it know where to send traps? Is there some discover protocol?