sysinfo.4 (2010 09)

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sysinfo(4) sysinfo(4)
(Itanium(R)-based System Only)
Status of Network Interface Parameters
If no network interface is included in
SYSINFO.TXT, the FIRST-BOOT interactive interface will be
displayed.
The minimum index is 0 and the maximum index is 1023. An index need not align with the expected
instance number of the network interface.
For example, index 1 can be used to specify an interface which may, upon boot, appear as lan2.
The nth network interface is identified by either setting
SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS
[n] to the MAC (Media
Access Control) address of the interface, or by setting
SYSINFO_LAN_HW_PATH
[n] to the hardware path
of the interface.
If both parameters are set for a given index,
SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS
takes precedence over
SYSINFO_LAN_HW_PATH
.
A particular interface can be managed by DHCP, or a set of static parameters may be specified to
configure the interface.
To configure the nth interface to be managed by DHCP, specify the MAC address or hardware path of the
interface and enable DHCP, using the following parameters:
SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS
[n]=<hex value for MAC>
SYSINFO_DHCP_ENABLE
[n]=1
or
SYSINFO_LAN_HW_PATH
[n]=<hardware_path>
SYSINFO_DHCP_ENABLE
[n]=1
To configure an interface with a set of static parameters, specify the MAC address or hardware path, and
also set SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS
and SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK for the interface.
To configure the nth interface with static parameters, use the following parameters:
SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS
[n]=<hex_value_for_MAC>
SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS
[n]=<dotted-decimal ip address>
SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK
[n]=<dotted-decimal mask or hex mask>
or
SYSINFO_LAN_HW_PATH
[n]=<hardware path of network interface>
SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS
[n]=<dotted-decimal ip address>
SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK
[n]=<dotted-decimal-mask_or_hex_mask>
In addition, the following parameters are optional for a statically-configured interface:
SYSINFO_ROUTE_COUNT[n]=0|1
SYSINFO_ROUTE_DESTINATION[n]=default
SYSINFO_ROUTE_GATEWAY[n]=<dotted-decimal ip address>
If both
SYSINFO_DHCP_ENABLE is set to 1 and static parameters are specified for a single interface,
DHCP takes precedence over the static parameters.
The syntax of each parameter is described below.
SYSINFO_DHCP_ENABLE[n]
Default 0
Status For a given network interface, either
SYSINFO_DHCP_ENABLE must be set to 1 or
SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS and SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK must be specified.
Value The values are:
0 DHCP client functionality is not enabled for this interface.
1 DHCP client functionality is enabled for this interface.
SYSINFO_LAN_HW_PATH[n]
Default None.
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