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Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • January 2009
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To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a
Diskless Client
1. Locate the root directory of the diskless client on the host server.
The root directory of diskless client system is commonly installed in the host
server’s
/export/root/
client-name
directory, where
client_name
is the diskless
client’s host name. In this procedure, the root directory is:
2. Download the software for Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP
Low Profile Adapter onto the server’s drive.
3. Use the
pkgadd -R
command to install the software packages to the diskless
client’s root directory on the server.
Install the software packages to the client’s root directory.
4. Create a
hostname.nxge
number
file in the diskless client’s root directory.
Create an
/export/root/
client-name
/etc/hostname.nxge
number
file for the 10-
Gigabit Ethernet interface. See
“Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 23
for
instructions.
5. Edit the
hosts
file in the diskless client’s root directory.
Edit the
/export/root/
client-name
/etc/hosts
file to include the IP address of
the 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface. See
“Configuring the Network Host Files” on
page 23
for instructions.
6. Set the MAC address on the server side and rebuild the device tree if you want to
boot from the 10-Gigabit Ethernet port.
7. To boot the diskless client from the 10-Gigabit Ethernet port, type the following
boot command:
/export/root/
client-name
ok
boot
path-to-device:link-param
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