To Disable IPv6 on a Solaris OS Management Server

1. Log in to the management server as root (su - root).

2. Type ifconfig -a6 to determine whether IPv6 is enabled.

   The IPv6 status is displayed. If IPv6 is enabled, the status contains the text UP and RUNNING. For example:

   # ipconfig -a6 lo0: flags=2000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6> mtu 8252 index 1 inet6 ::1/128 eri0: flags=2000841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2

3. Disable IPv6

   To disable IPv6, you must rename the IPv6 interface files in the /etc directory and then reboot the system as follows.

   1. Type ls /etc/hostname6.* to list the IPv6 interfaces. For example:

      # ls /etc/hostname6.* /etc/hostname6.eri0 /etc/hostname6.eri1 /etc/hostname6.eri2

   2. For each file listed in Step a, rename the file as follows:

      # mv /etc/hostname6.interface disabled./etc/hostname6.interface

      where interface is the interface used such as eri0, lo0, bge0 and so on.

4. Reboot the management server.