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Preface
Network Interface Administration in the Solaris Operating System
Part??I Administering Single Interfaces
Chapter??1 Network Driver Configuration
What's New With Configuring Network Interface Card Drivers
Overview of NIC Driver Properties
dladm Subcommands to Administer NIC Properties
Administering NIC Driver Properties
How to Enable Support for Jumbo Frames
How to Change Link Speed Parameters
How to Obtain Status Information About NIC Properties
How to Set the e1000g Driver to Use Direct Memory Access Binding
How to Manually Set the Interrupt Rate
Chapter??2 Configuring an IP Interface
About IP Interface Configuration
Data Link and IP Interface Configuration (Tasks)
SPARC: How to Ensure That the MAC Address of an Interface Is Unique
How to Configure an IP Interface After System Installation
How to Replace a Network Interface Card With Dynamic Reconfiguration
Configuring STREAMS Modules on Data Links
How to Set STREAMS Modules on Data Links
How to Obtain autopush Link Property Settings
How to Remove autopush Link Property Settings
Link Administration and Monitoring
How to Rename a Data Link
How to Display Information About Physical Attributes of Data Links
How to Display Data Link Information
How to Delete a Data Link
Chapter??3 Configuring Wireless Interface Communications on the Solaris OS
WiFi Communications Task Map
Communicating Over WiFi Interfaces
Finding a WiFi Network
Commercial WiFi Networks
Municipal WiFi Networks
Private WiFi Networks
Planning for WiFi Communications
How to Prepare a System for WiFi Communications
Connecting and Using WiFi on Solaris OS Systems
How to Connect to a WiFi Network
How to Monitor the WiFi Link
Secure WiFi Communications
How to Set Up an Encrypted WiFi Network Connection
Chapter??4 Troubleshooting Common Problems with Interfaces and Links
Monitoring the Interface Configuration With the ifconfig Command
How to Get Information About a Specific Interface
How to Display Interface Address Assignments
Monitoring IPMP Interfaces
Monitoring Link Configurations
Part??II Administering Interface Groups
Chapter??5 Administering VLANs
Administering Virtual Local Area Networks
Overview of VLAN Topology
VLAN Tags and Physical Points of Attachment
Meaningful Names for VLANs
Planning for VLANs on a Network
How to Plan a VLAN Configuration
Configuring VLANs
How to Configure a VLAN
VLANs on Legacy Devices
Performing Other Administrative Tasks on VLANs
How to Display VLAN Information
How to Remove a VLAN
Chapter??6 Administering Link Aggregations
Overview of Link Aggregations
Link Aggregation Basics
Back-to-Back Link Aggregations
Policies and Load Balancing
Aggregation Mode and Switches
Requirements for Link Aggregations
Flexible Names for Link Aggregations
How to Create a Link Aggregation
How to Modify an Aggregation
How to Add a Link to an Aggregation
How to Remove a Link From an Aggregation
How to Delete an Aggregation
How to Configure VLANs Over a Link Aggregation
Combining Network Configuration Tasks While Using Customized Names
Chapter??7 Introducing IPMP
What's New With IPMP
Deploying IPMP
Why You Should Use IPMP
When You Must Use IPMP
Comparing IPMP and Link Aggregation
Using Flexible Link Names on IPMP Configuration
How IPMP Works
Solaris IPMP Components
Types of IPMP Interface Configurations
IPMP Addressing
IPv4 Test Addresses
IPv6 Test Addresses
Failure and Repair Detection in IPMP
Types of Failure Detection in IPMP
Link-Based Failure Detection
Probe-Based Failure Detection
NICs That Are Missing at Boot
Failure Detection and the Anonymous Group Feature
Detecting Physical Interface Repairs
The FAILBACK=no Mode
IPMP and Dynamic Reconfiguration
Attaching New NICs
Detaching NICs
Replacing NICs
IPMP Terminology and Concepts
Chapter??8 Administering IPMP
IPMP Administration Task Maps
IPMP Group Creation and Configuration (Task Map)
IPMP Group Maintenance (Task Map)
Probe-Based Failure Detection Configuration (Task Map)
IPMP Group Monitoring (Task Map)
Configuring IPMP Groups
How to Plan an IPMP Group
How to Configure an IPMP Group by Using DHCP
How to Manually Configure an Active-Active IPMP Group
How to Manually Configure an Active-Standby IPMP Group
Maintaining IPMP Groups
How to Add an Interface to an IPMP Group
How to Remove an Interface From an IPMP Group
How to Add or Remove IP Addresses
How to Move an Interface From One IPMP Group to Another Group
How to Delete an IPMP Group
Configuring for Probe-Based Failure Detection
How to Manually Specify Target Systems for Probe-Based Failure Detection
How to Configure the Behavior of the IPMP Daemon
Recovering an IPMP Configuration With Dynamic Reconfiguration
How to Replace a Physical Card That Has Failed
About Missing Interfaces at System Boot
Monitoring IPMP Information
How to Obtain IPMP Group Information
How to Obtain IPMP Data Address Information
How to Obtain Information About Underlying IP Interfaces of a Group
How to Obtain IPMP Probe Target Information
How to Observe IPMP Probes
How to Customize the Output of the ipmpstat Command in a Script
How to Generate Machine Parseable Output of the ipmpstat Command
Part??III Network Virtualization and Resource Management
Chapter??9 Introducing Network Virtualization and Resource Control (Overview)
Network Virtualization and Virtual Networks
Types of Containers for Network Virtualization on the Solaris OS
Sun xVM Virtual Machines
Non-Global Zones and Exclusive IP Zones
LDOMs Virtual Machines
Parts of the Internal Virtual Network
How Data Travels Through a Virtual Network
Who Should Implement Virtual Networks?
What Is Resource Control?
How Bandwidth Management and Flow Control Works
Allocating Resource Control and Bandwidth Management on a Network
Who Should Implement Resource Control Features
Observability Features for Network Virtualization and Resource Control
Chapter??10 Planning for Network Virtualization and Resource Control
Network Virtualization and Resource Control Task Map
Planning and Designing a Virtual Network
Basic Virtual Network on a Single System
Best Uses for the Basic Virtual Network
For More Information
Private Virtual Network on a Single System
Best Uses for a Private Virtual Network
For More Information
Network Interface-Based Flow Control
Interface-based Resource Control for a Traditional Network
Best Use of Interface???based Resource Control on a Traditional Network
For More Information
Flow Control for the Virtual Network
How to Create a Usage Policy for Applications on a Virtual Network
How to Create a Service Level Agreement for the Virtual Network
Chapter??11 Configuring Virtual Networks (Tasks)
Virtual Networks Task Map
Configuring a Basic Virtual Network
How to Create a Virtual Network Interface
How to Create an Exclusive IP Zone Over a VNIC
How to Install the Exclusive IP Zone on a VNIC
How to Configure an Exclusive IP Zone Over a VNIC Through the Zone Console
How to Manually Configure the VNIC and Exclusive IP Zone
How to Verify the Exclusive IP Zone Over VNIC Configuration
Complete Example for Creating a Virtual Network
How to Remove the Virtual Network Without Removing the Zones
Configuring a Private Virtual Network
How to Create Etherstubs and VNICs for the Private Virtual Network
How to Configure Routing and Network Address Translation for the Private Virtual Network
Chapter??12 Administering Virtual Networks and Resource Controls (Tasks)
Monitoring and Statistics???Gathering Task Map
Verifying Virtual Network Connectivity
How to Verify the VNIC Configuration for the Global Zone
How to Verify Configuration of a Virtual Network of Exclusive IP Zones
Observing Traffic on Virtual Networks
How to Verify Virtual Network Connectivity by Using the snoop Command
Gathering Usage Statistics for VNICs and Flows
How to Obtain Statistics on VNICs
How to Obtain Statistics on Flows
Setting Up Accounting for Packet Flows
How to Configure Flow Accounting
Chapter??13 Configuring Resource Management on an Interface
Resource Management Task Map
How Resource Management Works
Interface-Based Flow Control for Traditional Networks
How to Set Up and Configure Flow Control for a System on a Traditional Network
Glossary
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