Configuring Additional Network Interfaces

The networkifs_base_config variable provides a way to configure additional network interfaces, in addition to the first network interface configured through the sysidcfg_network_interface_basevariable.

For each additional interface device, you provide a group of four variables that define the netname, netmask, hostname, and IP address for the interface.

The example below shows how to define the networkifs_base_config variable for two interfaces:

• le1

  • netname — netB

  • netmask — 255.255.255.0

  • hostname — myhost-netB

  • interface IP — 192.168.1.0

• hme0

  • netname — netC

  • netmask — 255.255.255.0

  • hostname — myhost-netC

  • interface IP — 192.162.2.0

You would use the following syntax to define the single networkifs_base_config variable for the two additional interfaces:

le1!netB 255.255.255.0 myhost-netB 192.168.1.0|hme0!netC 255.255.255.0 myhost-netC 192.168.2.0