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Note – During installation of the Solaris Operating System, the software
automatically detects the system’s on-board network interfaces and any installed
PCI network interface cards for which native Solaris device drivers exist. The
operating system then asks you to select one of the interfaces as the primary
network interface and prompts you for its host name and IP address. You can
configure only one network interface during installation of the operating system.
You must configure any additional interfaces separately, after the operating system
is installed. For more information, see “How to Configure Additional Network
Interfaces” on page 94.
What Next
After completing this procedure, the primary network interface is ready for
operation. However, in order for other network devices to communicate with the
system, you must enter the system’s IP address and host name into the namespace
on the network name server. For information about setting up a network name
service, consult:
■ Solaris Naming Configuration Guide for your specific Solaris release
The device driver for the system’s on-board Sun GigaSwift Ethernet interfaces is
automatically installed with the Solaris release. For information about operating
characteristics and configuration parameters for this driver, refer to the following
document:
■ Platform Notes: The Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Device Driver
This document is available at http://docs.sun.com, under Solaris on Sun
Hardware. Refer also to the Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes for late-breaking
details.
If you want to set up an additional network interface, you must configure it
separately, after installing the operating system. See:
■ “How to Configure Additional Network Interfaces” on page 94
Note – The Sun Fire V890 system conforms to the Ethernet 10/100BASE-T standard,
which states that the Ethernet 10BASE-T link integrity test function should always
be enabled on both the host system and the Ethernet hub. If you have problems
establishing a connection between this system and your hub, verify that the Ethernet
hub also has the link integrity test function enabled. Consult the manual provided
with your hub for more information about the link integrity test function.
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