After you have installed and booted all zones for the virtual network, your final step is to configure the zones.
You must have created, installed, and booted exclusive IP zones over VNICs, as explained in the following procedures:
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.
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.
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 . . 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.
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.
Repeat the initial configuration steps for all zones in the virtual network.
This example shows a typical zone configuration session using the zone console configuration program.
# zlogin -C zone1 What type of terminal are you using? . . . 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 . . IP address for zone1: 192.168.3.20 . 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.
Verify that zone configuration is correct, as explained in How to Verify the Exclusive IP Zone Over VNIC Configuration.