Overriding interface names based on hardware bindings

Consider a scenario in which interfaces map to PCI slots as shown in the following table.

Table 1. Mapping of interface names to PCI slots
Interface name	PCI slot
dp0s4	4
dp0s5	5
dp0s6	6

To override the interface names, you must configure hardware binding by using the set interfaces dataplane interface-name hardware pci-slot slot-number command, as shown in the following example.

Table 2. Overriding interface names
Step	Command
Create new placeholder interface names. Note: Do not move your management interface if you are on a Telnet or SSH console.	`vyatta@R1# set interfaces dataplane dp0s1 hardware pci-slot 4 [edit] vyatta@R1# set interfaces dataplane dp0s2 hardware pci-slot 5 [edit] vyatta@R1# set interfaces dataplane dp0s3 hardware pci-slot 6 [edit]`
Commit your changes.	`vyatta@R1# commit [edit]`
Save your changes.	`vyatta@R1# save [edit]`
Exit the configuration mode.	`vyatta@R1# exit logout`
Reboot your	`vyatta@R1:~$ reboot`
Verify that you have correctly configured the override of the interface names.	`vyatta@R1:~$ show interfaces dataplane`
Apply the configuration of dp0s4, dp0s5 and dp0s6 to dp0s1, dp0s2 and dp0s3, respectively.	`vyatta@R1:~$ configure ...`
Delete the configuration for the dp0s4, dp0s5, and dp0s6 interfaces.	`vyatta@R1# delete interface dataplane dp0s4 [edit] vyatta@R1# delete interface dataplane dp0s5 [edit] vyatta@R1# delete interface dataplane dp0s6 [edit]`
Commit your changes.	`vyatta@R1# commit [edit]`
Save your changes.	`vyatta@R1# save [edit]`
Exit the configuration mode.	`vyatta@R1# exit logout`

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