A P P E N D I X A |
Configure Windows Network Communication Settings With Multiple Network Interfaces |
This appendix provides information you should consider when configuring the Windows network communication settings with multiple Sun Fire server network interfaces.
Topics in this appendix include:
By using Microsoft’s Network Connections folder, you can visually determine which server network 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.
FIGURE A-1 Network Connections Window
A red X marks the port connections that are currently inactive. |
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The port has been manually disabled (right-click to re-enable). |
To confirm the MAC addresses of installed network interface ports and to match them to the Windows Device Friendly Names, you will need to open a command prompt and run ipconfig /all.
To open a Windows command prompt and run ipconfig /all follow these steps:
2. In the Run dialog box, type cmd then click OK.
The cmd.exe DOS window appears.
3. In the cmd.exe DOS window, enter the command: ipconfig /all
The output from the ipconfig /all command identifies the installed network interface ports by the connection name in the order of enumeration.
FIGURE A-2 Second and First Ethernet Adapter Ports in Output
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