At the Rescue prompt (#), type the following command, then press Enter to display all network
interfaces.
#
ifconfig -a
The output of the Linux SUSE named and physical named network interfaces appear. See the
following sample output in Step 5 as an example.
If you have multiple network interfaces and the output of interfaces scrolls off the top of the
screen, you can display the output per interface.
To view the output per network interface, type the following command at the prompt, then
press Enter:
# ifconfig
eth#
where
eth#
is the interface number. For example, if you type:
#
ifconfig eth0
The output for
eth0
appears.
In the sample output above:
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The
eth0
entry in the first column refers to the Linux SUSE logical named interface. This first
column in the output identifies the logical names SUSE assigned to the network interface.
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The
HWaddr 00.14.4F.0C:A1:53
entry in the second column (first row) refers to the physical
MAC address of the network port.
Note –
This MAC address is an example; the MAC addresses in your server will be different.
Record the SUSE logical network interface name with the physical port MAC address for future
reference.
You need to refer to this record when configuring the network interfaces during the Linux
SUSE OS installation.
When you are done, do one of the following to exit the Rescue shell.
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From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Control —> Remote Power Control —> Reset.
■
From other consoles, type
reboot
at the Rescue prompt (#), then press Enter.
Restart the Linux SUSE installation program.
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