Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User's Guide

16 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005
On Linux operating systems, use the following commands:
Where number corresponds to the device instance of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet
PCI-X adapter you plan to configure.
Refer to the ifconfig(1M) man page and the Solaris or Linux documentation for
more information.
■ If you want a setup that remains the same after you reboot, create an
/etc/hostname.ixgenumber file, where number corresponds to the instance
number of the ixge interface you plan to use.
To use the adapter’s ixge interface in the Step 1 example, create an
/etc/hostname.ixge0 file, where 0 is the number of the ixge interface. If the
instance number were 1, the filename would be
/etc/hostname.ixge1.
■ Do not create an /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file for a Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet
adapter interface you plan to leave unused.
■ The /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file must contain the hostname and IP address
for the appropriate ixge interface.
■ The host name and IP address must be listed in the /etc/hosts file.
■ The host name must be different from any other host name of any other interface,
for example: /etc/hostname.ixge0 and /etc/hostname.ixge1 cannot share
the same host name.
The following example shows the /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file required for a
system called zardoz that has a Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter (zardoz-11).
ifconfig ethnumber down
ifconfig eth
number up
# cat /etc/hostname.hme0
zardoz
# cat /etc/hostname.ixge0
zardoz-11