With the traditional ifconfig command that is used for network configuration in Oracle Solaris 10, you can plumb and assign an IP address by using a single command. In Oracle Solaris 11, you use the ipadm command to configure IP interfaces and addresses.
The following example assumes that a static IP address is being assigned to an interface. This process involves two steps. First, create or plumb the IP interface by using the ipadm create-ip command. Then, assign an IP address to the interface by using the ipadm create-addr command:
# ipadm create-ip interface # ipadm create-addr -T addr-type -a address addrobj