The IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide provides information about configuring and managing the IP Network Multipathing framework installed in your SolarisTM Operating Environment. This book assumes that you have already installed the SunOSTM 5.8 operating system, and you have set up any networking software that you plan to use. The SunOS 5.8 operating system is part of the Solaris product family, which includes many features, such as the Solaris Common Desktop Environment (CDE). The SunOS 5.8 operating system is compliant with AT&T's System V, Release 4 operating system.
The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms: SPARCTM and IA. The Solaris operating environment runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.
This book is intended for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems running the Solaris 8 release. To use this book, you should have one to two years of UNIX system administration experience. Attending UNIX® system administration training courses might be helpful.
Chapter 1, Overview of IP Network Multipathing provides an overview of IP Network Multipathing and also describes conceptual information about the Solaris deployment of IP Network Multipathing.
Chapter 2, Deploying Network Multipathing describes how to configure the various IP Network Multipathing parameters for creating interface groups and test address. This chapter also provides other useful procedures related to IP Network Multipathing.
Glossary provides definitions of key IP Network Multipathing terms.
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The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output | machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell prompt | machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |