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Oracle Solaris Administration: Network Interfaces and Network Virtualization Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
2. NWAM Configuration and Administration (Overview)
3. NWAM Profile Configuration (Tasks)
4. NWAM Profile Administration (Tasks)
5. About the NWAM Graphical User Interface
Part II Administering Single Interfaces
6. Overview of the Networking Stack
7. Datalink Configuration and Administration
8. Configuring an IP Interface
About IP Interface Configuration
IP Interface Configuration (Tasks)
SPARC: How to Ensure That the MAC Address of an Interface Is Unique
How to Configure an IP Interface
How to Set the Property of an IP Address
Setting IP Interface Properties
Administering Protocol Properties
How to Restrict a Port's Access to root User Only
How to Implement Symmetric Routing on Multihomed Hosts
Monitoring IP Interfaces and Addresses
How to Obtain Information About Network Interfaces
Comparison Tables: ipadm Command and Other Networking Commands
ifconfig Command Options and ipadm Command Options
ndd Command Options and ipadm Command Options
9. Configuring Wireless Interface Communications on Oracle Solaris
Part III Administering Interface Groups
11. Administering Link Aggregations
Part IV Network Virtualization and Resource Management
15. Introducing Network Virtualization and Resource Control (Overview)
16. Planning for Network Virtualization and Resource Control
17. Configuring Virtual Networks (Tasks)
18. Using Link Protection in Virtualized Environments
19. Managing Network Resources
This section describes basic configuration procedures on an IP interface. The following table describes configuration tasks and maps these tasks to their corresponding procedures.
Table 8-1 Configuring IP Interfaces (Task Map)
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Some applications require every interface on a host to have a unique MAC addresses. However, every SPARC based system has a system-wide MAC address, which by default is used by all interfaces. Here are two situations where you might want to configure the factory-installed MAC addresses for the interfaces on a SPARC system.
For link aggregations, you should use the factory-set MAC addresses of the interfaces in the aggregation configuration.
For IPMP groups, each interface in the group must have a unique MAC address. These interfaces must use their factory-installed MAC addresses.
The EEPROM parameter local-mac-address? determines whether all interfaces on a SPARC system use the system-wide MAC address or their unique MAC address. The next procedure shows how to use the eeprom command to check the current value of local-mac-address? and change it, if necessary.
Note - Although the ipadm command is recommended as the tool to use for configuring network interfaces, the command does not yet support configuring ethernet or MAC addresses. Thus, this procedure uses the ifconfig command.
For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
# eeprom local-mac-address? local-mac-address?=false
In the example, the response to the eeprom command, local-mac-address?=false, indicates that all interfaces do use the system-wide MAC address. The value of local-mac-address?=false must be changed to local-mac-address?=true before the interfaces can become members of an IPMP group. You should also change local-mac-address?=false to local-mac-address?=true for aggregations.
# eeprom local-mac-address?=true
When you reboot the system, the interfaces with factory-installed MAC addresses now use these factory settings, rather than the system-wide MAC address. Interfaces without factory-set MAC addresses continue to use the system-wide MAC address.
Look for cases where multiple interfaces have the same MAC address. In this example, all interfaces use the system-wide MAC address 8:0:20:0:0:1.
ifconfig -a lo0: flags=1000849 <UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 hme0: flags=1004843 <UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.0.0.112 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 10.0.0.127 ether 8:0:20:0:0:1 ce0: flags=1004843 <UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.0.0.114 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 10.0.0.127 ether 8:0:20:0:0:1 ce1: flags=1004843 <UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.0.0.118 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 10.0.0.127 ether 8:0:20:0:0:1
Note - Continue to the next step only if more than one network interface still has the same MAC address. Otherwise, go on to the final step.
Specify a unique MAC address in the /etc/hostname.interface file for the particular interface.
In the example in Step 4, you would need to configure ce0 and ce1 with locally administered MAC addresses. For example, to reconfigure ce1 with the locally administered MAC address 06:05:04:03:02, you would add the following line to /etc/hostname.ce1:
ether 06:05:04:03:02
Note - To prevent any risk of manually configured MAC addresses conflicting with other MAC addresses on your network, you must always configure locally administered MAC addresses, as defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard.
You also can use the ifconfig ether command to configure an interface's MAC address for the current session. However, any changes made directly with ifconfig are not preserved across reboots. Refer to the ifconfig(1M) man page for details.