How to Add IP Addresses to an IPMP Group

To add IP addresses to an IPMP group, use the ipadm create-addr command. For IPMP configuration, an IP address can be either a data address or a test address. A data address is added to an IPMP interface, while a test address is added to an underlying interface of the IPMP interface. The following procedure describes how to add IP addresses that are either test addresses or data addresses.

1. Become the root role.
2. Add the IP addresses to an IPMP group.
   • Add data addresses to an IPMP group as follows:

     # ipadm create-addr -a address ipmp-interface

     An address object is automatically assigned to the IP address that you just created. An address object is a unique identifier of the IP address. The address object's name uses the naming convention interface/random-string. Thus, address objects of data addresses would include the IPMP interface in their names.

   • Add test addresses to an underlying interface of an IPMP group as follows:

     # ipadm create-addr -a address under-interface

     An address object is automatically assigned to the IP address that you just created. An address object is a unique identifier of the IP address. The address object's name uses the naming convention interface/random-string. Thus, address objects of test addresses would include the underlying interface in their names.