Configure the Network Host Files (Oracle Solaris 10)

Use this procedure to configure the network host files dynamically on the command line. At reboot, the settings will revert.

1. Create a file named /etc/hostname.igb# for each igb(7D) interface.

   where # is the igb(7D) interface instance number you plan to use.

   For example, to bring up igb0 at boot, create a file called /etc/hostname.igb0, where 0 is the number of the igb(7D) interface. If the instance number were 1, the file name would be /etc/hostname.igb1. The /etc/hostname.igb# file must contain the host name for the appropriate igb(7D) interface.

2. Get the igb(7D) instances.

   # dladm show-dev

   The output should include lines similar to the following:

   igb0        link: up      speed: 1000     Mbps duplex: full
   igb1        link: up      speed: 1000     Mbps duplex: full
   igb2        link: up      speed: 1000     Mbps duplex: full
   igb3        link: up      speed: 1000     Mbps duplex: full

3. Use the ifconfig(1M) command to set up the igb(7D) interfaces.

   Your ifconfig command might look similar to the following:

   # ifconfig igb0 plumb ip-address netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast + up

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