Local-Mac-Address Property - Sun Microsystems SunSwift Installation And User Manual

5. Type:
ok nvstore
ok setenv use-nvramrc? true
6. Reboot your system.
Refer to the Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document for more
information on the hme device driver and forcing network speed. This document is
also available on the Solaris AnswerBook.

local-mac-address Property

The network interface of the SunSwift PCI Adapter is assigned a unique MAC
(Media Access Control) address, which represents the 48-bit ethernet address for the
channel. The OpenBoot™ firmware reports this MAC address via the
local-mac-address property in the device nodes corresponding to the network
interfaces.
A system is not obligated to use this assigned MAC address if it has a system-wide
MAC address. In such cases, the system-wide MAC address applies to all network
interfaces on the system.
The device driver, or any other adapter utility, can use the network device's MAC
address (local-mac-address) while configuring it. In future Solaris releases, you
will be able to use the channel's MAC address when booting over the network.
The mac-address property of the network device specifies the network address
(system-wide or local-mac-address) used for booting the system. To start using
the MAC addresses assigned to the network interface of the adapter, set the NVRAM
configuration variable local-mac-address? to true.
ok setenv local-mac-address? true
18 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide • August 1997