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Solaris 8 2/02 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

OpenBoot PROM Variables

Before you perform the boot net command from the OpenBoot PROM prompt (ok), you must verify that the local-mac-address? variable is set to false, which is the factory default. If the variable is set to true, you must ensure that this value is an appropriate local configuration.

Caution – Caution –

If local-mac-address? is set to true, it may prevent the domain from successfully booting over the network.

In a netcon(1M) window, you can use the following command at the OpenBoot PROM prompt to display the values of the OpenBoot PROM variables:


ok printenv

To Set the local-mac-address? Variable

  1. If the variable is set to true, use the setenv command to set it to false.


    ok setenv local-mac-address? false