Sun Microsystems SUN FIRE 280R User Manual

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Chapter 2

System Setup

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3. Boot the operating system and log on to the system as superuser.

Type the following command at the system prompt and the superuser password:

4. Create an appropriate

/etc/hostname

file for the new interface.

The name of the file you create should be of the form

/etc/hostname.

typenum,

where type is the Ethernet type identifier (some common types are

eri, hme

,

le

,

nf

,

and

ie

) and num is the logical number of the interface according to the order in

which it was installed in the system.

For example, the standard interface provided on the system’s main logic board is

eri0

(type =

eri

, num =

0

). If you add a SunSwift PCI Ethernet adapter card as a

second

eri

interface, the file name should be

hostname.eri1

.

Note –

The documentation accompanying the Ethernet interface should identify its

type. For more advanced information about configuring the

eri

software driver,

consult Platform Notes: The eri FastEthernet Device Driver. Alternatively, you can enter
the

show-devs

command from the

ok

prompt to obtain a list of all installed devices.

The host name also has an associated IP address that you enter in the

/etc/hosts

file. See Step 6.

5. Type the host name, assigned in Step 1, into the

/etc/hostname

file for the new

interface.

Following is an example of the

/etc/hostname

files required for a machine called

zardoz

, which has two Ethernet interfaces—the standard on-board Ethernet

interface (

eri0

) and a second interface provided by a PCI Ethernet adapter card

(

eri1

). The host name will be

zardoz

to a network connected to the standard

eri0

interface, and

zardoz-1

to a network connected to the

eri1

interface.

zardoz # su

Password:

zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.eri0

zardoz

zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.eri1

zardoz-1

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