Managing SAN Devices and I/O Multipathing in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

Configuring IPFC Instances

Any standard network commands can be used after IPFC is attached. There are no usage differences when commands such as ping or ftp are used in an Ethernet setup. This section describes how to configure and use the IPFC instances.

How to Configure an IPFC Instance

Use this procedure to configure an IPFC interface using the instance number N determined in the previous section. The configuration operation takes immediate effect and persists across reboots. This procedure assumes that the instance is 2.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.4.

2. Configure the appropriate network interface.

   Ask your network administrator for an appropriate IP address and netmask information. The following example enables an IPFC interface associated with fp instance 2 and an IP address of 192.0.2.1.

   # ipadm create-ip fcip2
   # ipadm create-addr -a local=192.0.2.1/24 fcip2/example

   For more information, see the ipadm(8) man page.

3. Verify if the configuration operation was successful.

   Use the ipadm command to verify the configuration operation succeeded.

   # ipadm
   NAME              CLASS/TYPE STATE        UNDER      ADDR
   bge0              ip         ok           --         --
      bge0/a         static     ok           --         192.168.100.60/24
   bge1              ip         down         --         --
   fcip2             ip         ok           --         --
      fcip2/example  static     ok           --         192.168.2.1/24
   lo0               loopback   ok           --         --
      lo0/v4         static     ok           --         172.16.0.1/8
      lo0/v6         static     ok           --         ::1/128

   For more information, see Administering TCP/IP Networks, IPMP, and IP Tunnels in Oracle Solaris 11.4.