Information you should consider when configuring the Windows network communication settings with multiple Sun Blade 8000 network interfaces are as follows:
Determine which NEM and EM ports are actively connected to a network. See Determine Which Network Data Ports Are Actively Connected to a Network
Confirming the MAC addresses of physical ports and matching them to the Windows friendly-device-names. See Confirm Physical Port MAC Addresses and Match to Window Device Names.
Launch Manage Your Server. For details for how to launch this program, see Launch Manage Your Server After Windows Setup Completes. For details for how to specify network settings in the Manage Your Server program, refer to Microsoft's documentation.
By using Microsoft's Network Connections folder, you can visually determine which Sun Blade 8000 EM and NEM ports are actively connected to a network. To access the Network Connections folder, follow this step:
Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Network Connections.
The Network Connections folder appears identifying the actively connected data ports.