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System Administration Guide: Network Interfaces and Network Virtualization

ProcedureHow to Configure an Exclusive IP Zone Over a VNIC Through the Zone Console

After you have installed and booted all zones for the virtual network, your final step is to configure the zones.

Before You Begin

You must have created, installed, and booted exclusive IP zones over VNICs, as explained in the following procedures:

  1. On the system where you create the virtual network, become superuser or assume the equivalent root role.

    To create and assign the root role, see How to Make root User Into a Role in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

  2. Log in to the console of a zone

    Begin initial zone configuration through the zone console.


    # zlogin -C zone-name

    where zone-name represents the name of the zone that you want to configure. For example, to log in to the console for zone1, type the following:


    # zlogin -C zone1

    Depending on your system, you might receive prompts from the console to set language preference and other parameters. Answer these prompts and continue.

  3. Select a terminal type.

    The zone configuration program offers choices such as the following


    What type of terminal are you using?
      1) ANSI Standard CRT
      2) DEC VT52
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      8) Sun Workstation
      9) Televideo 910
      10) Televideo 925
      11) Wyse Model 50
      12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)

    Type the number for the console terminal type for your system, for example 12 for an X terminal window.

  4. Confirm or change the information displayed by the zone configuration program.

    You receive a series of prompts for information about the new zone. Most of the responses are automatically generated. If the information is incorrect, you can press F4 and supply the correct information. Otherwise, press F2 to accept and continue to the next parameter.

    The information that you need to supply or verify includes:

    • IP address for the zone. Each exclusive IP zone and its corresponding VNIC must have a unique IP address. You can use a DHCP address or a static IP address.

    • Host name. Enter the host name for the zone, for example, zone1.

    • Whether the system with the virtual network is part of a subnet.

    • Netmask of the IP address.

    • Default route. You can use the IP address of the interface on which the virtual network is built.

    • IP address of a router on the system's network

    When you are finished configuring the zone, the system reboots. After the reboot, the zone is ready for use.

  5. Repeat the initial configuration steps for all zones in the virtual network.

Example 11–4 Final Configuration of an Exclusive IP Zone Over a VNIC

This example shows a typical zone configuration session using the zone console configuration program.


# zlogin -C zone1
What type of terminal are you using?
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8) Sun Workstation
9) Televideo 910
10) Televideo 925
11) Wyse Model 50
12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
13) CDE Terminal Emulator (dtterm)
14) Other
Type the number of your choice and press Return: 13
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IP address for zone1: 192.168.3.20
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Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.

Hostname: zone1
IP address: 192.168.3.20
System part of a subnet: Yes
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Enable IPv6: No
Default route: 192.168.3.70
Router IP address: 192.168.3.25

System reboots.

Next Steps

Verify that zone configuration is correct, as explained in How to Verify the Exclusive IP Zone Over VNIC Configuration.