Network Administration Task Comparison

The following table compares Oracle Solaris 10 network administration tasks to Oracle Solaris 11 network administration tasks. For more information administering network configuration in Oracle Solaris 11, see the dladm (1M) and ipadm (1M) man pages.

Table 7-3  Comparing Oracle Solaris 10 Network Administration With Oracle Solaris 11 Network Administration

Task Information Oracle Solaris 10 Oracle Solaris 11 Datalink configuration dladm command dladm command IP interface and IP address configuration ifconfig command Edit the /etc/hostname* file ipadm command DHCP server configuration SMF service: svc:/network/dhcp-server: and default DHCP management commands: dhcpmgr, dhtadm, and pntadm (Sun Legacy) SMF service: svc:/network/dhcp-server: SMF service and default DHCP management commands: dhcpmgr, dhtadm, and pntadm (ISC) SMF services: svc:/network/dhcp/server:ipv4 svc:/network/dhcp/server:ipv6 svc:/network/dhcp/relay:ipv4 svc:/network/dhcp/relay:ipv6 Configuration files: /etc/inet/dhcpd4.conf /etc/inet/dhcpd6.conf DHCP client configuration ifconfig command Edit the /etc/dhcp* and /etc/default/dhcpagent files ipadm command Edit the /etc/default/dhcpagent file Name services switch configuration SMF service: svc:/system/name-service/switch:default and /etc/nsswitch.conf SMF service: svc:/system/name-service/switch:default. Modify with svccfg; view with svcprop -p config svc:/system/name-service/switch:default System host name configuration Edit the /etc/nodename file hostname command TCP/IP host name configuration Edit the /etc/inet/hosts file Edit the /etc/inet/hosts file Network parameter administration (tunables) ndd command ipadm command Wireless network configuration wificonfig command dladm command