Hello, I am using snv171. I am often confused by its NWAM: all IP ports before net0, net1....., I am wondering how do I know which one is mother board NIC which I usually set as default access port?
Also, how do I disable nwam and set NIC static IP address manually? I used to disable nwam and then set static IP manually. However, svcadm disable svc:/network/physical:nwam svcadm enable svc:/network/physical:default do not work on recent version of S11 x86, though they still work on Sparc. Any idea how to set static IP on recent S11 x86 release? Tom root@aryabhata:~# cat /etc/release Oracle Solaris 11 snv_171 X86 Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Assembled 29 July 2011 root@aryabhata:~# ifconfig -a lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 net0: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 172.17.139.61 netmask fffffe00 broadcast 172.17.139.255 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:98 net1: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:99 net4: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:c0:dd:14:54:6c net6: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 7 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:40 net7: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 8 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:44 lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1 inet6 ::1/128 net0: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2 inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feca:e698/10 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:98 net1: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3 inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feca:e699/10 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:99 net4: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 6 inet6 fe80::2c0:ddff:fe14:546c/10 ether 0:c0:dd:14:54:6c net6: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 7 inet6 fe80::20e:1eff:fe04:9c40/10 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:40 net7: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 8 inet6 fe80::20e:1eff:fe04:9c44/10 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:44 root@aryabhata:~# root@aryabhata:~# svcadm disable svc:/network/physical:nwam root@aryabhata:~# svcadm enable svc:/network/physical:default root@aryabhata:~# ifconfig -a lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 net0: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 172.17.139.61 netmask fffffe00 broadcast 172.17.139.255 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:98 net1: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:99 net4: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:c0:dd:14:54:6c net6: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 7 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:40 net7: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 8 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:44 lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1 inet6 ::1/128 net0: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2 inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feca:e698/10 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:98 net1: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3 inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feca:e699/10 ether 0:14:4f:ca:e6:99 net4: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 6 inet6 fe80::2c0:ddff:fe14:546c/10 ether 0:c0:dd:14:54:6c net6: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 7 inet6 fe80::20e:1eff:fe04:9c40/10 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:40 net7: flags=20002004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 8 inet6 fe80::20e:1eff:fe04:9c44/10 ether 0:e:1e:4:9c:44 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list networking-discuss@opensolaris.org