>> Do you mean rename-link in a zone? My understanding is, at this time, >> zone interfaces are really just logical interfaces, so that a >> system-unique link name should suffice. So that we only need to >> rename links in the global zone using dladm. In the future, after >> stack instance and VNICs are there, it is possible that zone-unique >> link name is needed - but we need to know more what's the usage model >> for that before we support that capability. > > > There aren't any current plans to introduce per-zone names for network > interfaces. Thus dladm would manage the global set of link names. > (Folks have suggested that it would be nice to be able to give each > zone a fixed name, but that means the global zone admin has to track > the mapping between the global names and the per-zone names.)
I agree. Kais mentioned the per-zone link name feature when we were discussing about Crossbow & Clearview the other day. I am copying this mail to him and see whether he has something in mind. Thanks - Cathy
