$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
# This machine is most likely a virtualized guest, where the old persistent
# network interface mechanism (75-persistent-net-generator.rules) did not work.
# This file disables /lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules to avoid
# changing network interface names on upgrade. Please read
# /usr/share/doc/udev/README.Debian.gz about how to migrate to the currently
# supported mechanism.
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-vmware-scsi-udev.rules
#
# VMware SCSI devices Timeout adjustment
#
# Modify the timeout value for VMware SCSI devices so that
# in the event of a failover, we don't time out.
# See Bug 271286 for more information.
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{vendor}=="VMware ", ATTRS{model}=="Virtual disk ", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 180 >/sys$DEVPATH/timeout'"
$ ip l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:56:bb:54:97 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff