About IP Interface Configuration

After you install the Solaris OS, you might perform the following tasks:

• Configure an IP interface over a data link for a basic interface configuration. This chapter describes the procedures.

• Configure links for a virtual local area network (VLAN). The procedures are described in Chapter 5, Administering VLANs.

• Configure links into an aggregation. The procedures are described in Chapter 6, Administering Link Aggregations.

• Configure IP interfaces as members of an IPMP groups. The procedures are described in Chapter 8, Administering IPMP.

You use the appropriate dladm subcommands to administer data links such as assigning customized names to a link. For a description of link names, see Assigning Names to Data Links. If the data link is also intended to be used for IP communication, you then configure IP interfaces over the data link by using the ifconfig command.