This chapter describes how to administer network configuration by using various types of profiles. For an overview of profile-based network configuration and the reactive mode, see Chapter 5, About Administering Profile-Based Network Configuration in Oracle Solaris.
For information about configuring datalinks and IP interfaces when using the fixed mode, see Chapter 2, Administering Datalink Configuration in Oracle Solaris and Chapter 3, Configuring and Administering IP Interfaces and Addresses in Oracle Solaris.
This chapter contains the following topics: