System Administration Guide: IP Services

ProcedureHow to Enable the Oracle Solaris DHCP Client

This procedure is necessary only if DHCPv4 was not enabled during Oracle Solaris installation. It is never necessary for DHCPv6.

  1. Become superuser on the client system.

  2. If this system uses preconfiguration instead of interactive configuration, edit the sysidcfg file. Add the dhcp subkey to the network_interface keyword in the sysidcfg file.

    For example, network_interface=hme0 {dhcp}. See the sysidcfg(4) man page for more information.

  3. Unconfigure and shut down the system.


    # sys-unconfig
    

    See the sys-unconfig(1M) man page for more information about the configuration information that is removed by this command.

  4. Reboot the system after shutdown is complete.

    If the system uses preconfiguration, the dhcp subkey in the sysidcfg file configures the system to use the DHCP client as the system boots.

    If the system does not use preconfiguration, you are prompted for system configuration information by sysidtool programs when the system reboots. See the sysidtool(1M) man page for more information.

  5. When prompted to use DHCP to configure network interfaces, specify Yes.