How To Add An Ethernet Interface - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Add an Ethernet Interface

Before You Begin
Follow this procedure to add a PCI card that provides an additional Ethernet
interface.
You must perform the following tasks:
Install the system; see "How to Install the Enterprise 250 Server" on page 13.
Install any additional PCI Ethernet interface cards that you wish to configure;
see "How to Install a PCI Card" on page 87.
Attach a cable to the new Ethernet port and to the network; see "How to Attach a
Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Cable" on page 178 or "How to Attach an MII
Ethernet Transceiver" on page 180.
What to Do
1. Assign a network host name to the interface.
The host name must be unique within the network. It can be made up of characters
and numbers. Do not use a dot in the host name. Do not begin the name with a
number or a special character.
Usually an interface host name is based on the machine host name. For example, if
the machine is assigned the host name zardoz, then the additional Ethernet
interface could be named zardoz-1. The machine's host name is assigned when the
operating system software is installed. For more information, see the installation
instructions accompanying the Solaris software.
2. Determine the IP address for the interface.
An IP address must be assigned by your network administrator. Each interface on a
network must have a unique IP address.
3. Boot the operating system and log on to the system as superuser.
Enter the following command at the system prompt, and the superuser password:
zardoz # su
Password:
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