Sys0 interface what is it for? Is it needed?

[daviduzzo]

Hi all, from ifconfig and/or ip address commands, I can see this Sys0 interface has identical MAC-address from eth0, is it normal? what is his purpose?
Thanks

 

[angelofsky1980]

Hi all, from ifconfig and/or ip address commands, I can see this Sys0 interface has identical MAC-address from eth0, is it normal? what is his purpose?
Thanks

It's an internal ethernet interface used by CPU and chipset.

 

[daviduzzo]

so it's normal, thanks