Setting the local-mac-address property, Setting the local-mac-address – Sun Microsystems Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter User Manual
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The phy-type value is assigned as follows:
Note –
If you are going to set the local-mac-address property, note the
local-mac-address
of your device at this time. See
for more information.
Setting the local-mac-address Property
Note –
Setting the local-mac-address property is required only if you will be
booting from the network.
The network interface of the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet adapter has
been assigned a unique media access control (MAC) address that represents the 48-
bit Ethernet address for that interface. The OpenBoot firmware reports this MAC
address by means of the local-mac-address property in the device nodes
corresponding to the network interface.
A system does not always use this assigned MAC address if it has a system-wide
MAC address. In such cases, the system-wide MAC address applies to all network
interfaces on the system.
The device driver, or any other adapter utility, can use the network device’s MAC
address (local-mac-address) while configuring it. In the Solaris Operating
System, you can use the MAC address when booting over the network.
The mac-address property of the network device specifies the network address
(system-wide or local-mac-address) used for booting the system. To start using
the MAC address assigned to the network interface of the Sun PCI-Express Dual
Gigabit Ethernet adapter, set the NVRAM configuration variable
local-mac-address?
to true.
Media type
phy-type
Fiber
pcs
Copper
mif
ok setenv local-mac-address? true