hi Nita I'll bite - comments inline below...
Juanita Heieck wrote: > Hi, > > I need to include a couple of sections in the overview chapter of the > docs: > > 1. Benefits of using NWAM (why you want to use) > 2. Why you might choose to disable NWAM > > - For the section about why you'd choose to use NWAM: > > Obviously NWAM is enabled by default, and out of the box, it's > designed to > configure your network automatically. Also, NWAM has > dynamic capabilities that address changes in network conditions. > I'd like to elaborate a bit about other benefits, such > as the ability to create/use other profiles to > meet different networking needs. > > Are there any other obvious benefits that I'm missing? > That's a good summary. Basically NWAM is valuable for laptops and systems that find themselves in different network environments regularly, but thanks to the GUI, it's also useful for setting up static configurations (i.e. static IP). It's also handy in general for using WiFi since the GUI makes connecting and setting keys etc easier. > - I also need to add information about > how to switch to manual network configuration mode > (how to disable NWAM). In that section, I'd like to include "why" > someone might opt to manually configure their network. > the how is simply: # svcadm disable nwam # svcadm enable physical:default. > The design doc has some information that I can use, > but it would be really helpful if > someone could just summarize in one or two paras > these two pieces of information. > The "why" would be mainly configuration scenarios that NWAM phase 1 does not support - if link aggregations, IPMP, VNICs or VLANs are in use, there's no way to configure these via NWAM presently. That's all coming in the future hopefully, but for now the options are limited. A bit brief, but I think that's the main reason not to use phase 1 now (maybe I'm biased though ;-) ). Hope this helps, Alan
