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While updating the networking section of the basic OS configuration chapter
in the installation guide, I found my step-by-step instructions quickly
making the source file rather large and complex with plenty of "os"
conditionals. Do we really need to provide step-by-step instructions for
basic OS configuration including network interfaces, name resolution, etc?
I would much rather include more generic steps and let users reference
their distribution's documentation for specific instructions.

For example:

Use this...

Compute node

1) Configure the network interfaces:
  a) Management (eth0)

  IP address: 10.0.0.31
  Netmask: 255.255.255.0
  Gateway: 10.0.0.1

  b) External (eth1) ...

Instead of this...

Compute node

1) Configure the management network interface:
  a) Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file to include the
following:

ONBOOT="yes"
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
BOOTPROTO="static"
IPADDR="10.0.0.31"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
BROADCAST="10.0.0.255"
GATEWAY="10.0.0.1"

2) Configure the external network interface:
  b) Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file ...
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