Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapte, User Manual

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4-4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide—November 1994
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4. Verify that the driver is installed as follows:
5. Once you verify that the driver has been installed, proceed to the
following section, “Host File Configuration”.
4.2.4 Host File Configuration
Complete the host file configuration before you install the SunFastEthernet
Adapter card. By creating and configuring the system files before installing the
card, you will have to reboot your system only once.
To prepare your system for the SunFastEthernet Adapter card:
1. Create an appropriate /etc/hostname.be<num> file where <num> refers to
the number of each SunFastEthernet channel you plan to use. For
example, use channel be0 for the first card; use channel be1 for a second
card.
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Do not create /etc/hostname.be<num> files for SunFastEthernet channels you
plan to leave unused. The /etc/hostname.be<num> file must contain the host
name for the appropriate network interface.
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The hostname should have an IP address and should be entered in /etc/hosts.
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The hostname should be different from any other hostname of any other
interface, for example: /etc/hostname.le0 and /etc/hostname.be0 cannot share
the same hostname.
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Following is an example of the /etc/hostname.be<num> files required for a
machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz-11 and zardoz-12 on the
nets connected to the be0 and be1 Ethernet interfaces.
# pkginfo | grep SUNWbmac
system SUNWbmac SunFastEthernet Device
zardoz# cat /etc/hostname.be0
zardoz-11
zardoz# cat /etc/hostname.be1
zardoz-12