This chapter describes network devices and datalinks and includes tasks for managing basic datalink configuration when using the fixed mode.
The following information pertains exclusively configuring physical links or links that represent network devices. For more information about other Layer 2 (L2) entities that you can configure, see Managing Network Datalinks in Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .
This chapter contains the following topics: