Network Configuration; Configuring The Host Files - Sun Microsystems GigabitEthernet/S 2.0 Installation And User Manual

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Network Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the driver software after it has been
installed on your system. To install the software, follow the installation instructions
in the CD-Insert.

Configuring the Host Files

After installing the Sun GigabitEthernet adapter driver software, you must create a
hostname.ge<num> file for the adapter's Ethernet interface. You must also create
both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interface in the /etc/hosts file.
1. At the command line, use the grep command to search the /etc/path_to_inst
file for ge interfaces
# grep ge /etc/path_to_inst
"/sbus@1f,0/network@1" 0 "ge"
In the example above, the device instance is from a Sun GigabitEthernet/S adapter
installed in slot 1. For clarity, the instance number is bold.
2. Create an /etc/hostname.ge<num> file, where <num> corresponds to the
instance number of the ge interface you plan to use.
If you wanted to use the adapter's ge interface in the Step 1 example, you would
need to create a /etc/hostname.ge0 file, where 0 is the number of the ge
interface. If the instance number were 1, the filename would be
/etc/hostname.ge1.
Do not create an /etc/hostname.ge<num> file for a Sun GigabitEthernet
adapter interface you plan to leave unused.
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