How to Configure a Virtual Switch With an NIU Network Device

1. Determine an NIU network device.

   The following example shows the output on an UltraSPARC T2 server.

   primary# grep nxge /etc/path_to_inst
   "/niu@80/network@0" 0 "nxge"
   "/niu@80/network@1" 1 "nxge"

   The following example shows the output on a SPARC T3-1 or SPARC T4-1 server.

   primary# grep nxge /etc/path_to_inst
   "/niu@480/network@0" 0 "nxge"
   "/niu@480/network@1" 1 "nxge"

2. Oracle Solaris 11 OS only: Identify the link name that corresponds to the NIU network device, such as nxge0.

   primary# dladm show-phys -L |grep nxge0
   net2              nxge0         /SYS/MB

3. Configure a virtual switch.
   • Oracle Solaris 10 OS:

     primary# ldm add-vsw net-dev=nxge0 primary-vsw0 primary

   • Oracle Solaris 11 OS:

     The following example uses net2 instead of nxge0.

     primary# ldm add-vsw net-dev=net2 primary-vsw0 primary