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interface will know the system as sunrise, while networks connected to the ge0
and ge1 interfaces will know the system as sunrise-1 and sunrise-2,
respectively.
6. Create an entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active network interface.
An entry consists of the IP address and the host name for each interface.
The following example shows an /etc/hosts file with entries for the three network
interfaces used as examples in this procedure.
7. Manually plumb and enable each new interface using the ifconfig command.
For example, for the logical interface ge0, type:
For more information, see the ifconfig(1M) man page.
What Next
After completing this procedure, any new network interfaces are ready for
operation. However, in order for other network devices to communicate with the
system through the new interface, the IP address and host name for each new
interface must be entered into the namespace on the network name server. For
information about setting up a network name service, consult
â– Solaris Naming Configuration Guide for your specific Solaris release
sunrise # cat /etc/hostname.eri0
sunrise
sunrise # cat /etc/hostname.ge0
sunrise-1
sunrise # cat /etc/hostname.ge1
sunrise-2
sunrise # cat /etc/hosts
#
# Internet host table
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
129.144.10.57 sunrise loghost
129.144.14.26 sunrise-1
129.144.11.83 sunrise-2
sunrise # ifconfig ge0 plumb up
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