Sun Oracle Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe ExpressModule, User Manual

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C H A P T E R
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Network Configuration
This chapter describes how to edit the network host files after the card has been
installed on your system. This chapter contains the following section:
■
“Configuring the Network Host Files for a Solaris System” on page 21
■
“Configuring the Network Host Files for Booting Over the Gigabit Ethernet
Network for Linux Systems” on page 23
Note – To do a PXE boot (or netboot) on a dual-port card, you must use the topmost
port. That port is the logical Port 0, and it has the lowest MAC address.
Configuring the Network Host Files for a
Solaris System
After installing the driver software, you must plumb up the
card
by using either of
the following methods:
■
For each
card
(using instance number), create a file named
/etc/hostname.ixgbe
# . When the Solaris OS is booted up, each of these
ixgbe cards
is plumbed up automatically. (See “To Configure the Network
Host Files by Creating
/etc/hostname.ixgbe
# Files” on page 22 .)
■
Use the
ifconfig
command to plumb up the
ixgbe
card. (See “To Configure the
Network Host Files Using the
ifconfig
Command” on page 22 .)