IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II manual Ifconfig command, Option Description Values

Option	Description
-d	Assigned domain name
-dns1	Primary DNS server IP address
-dns2	Secondary DNS IP address
-dns3	Tertiary DNS server IP address

ifconfig command

Syntax

ifconfig eth0 [options] ifconfig ppp [options] eth0 options:

-stateinterface_state -cconfig_method

-istatic_ip_address -ggateway_address -ssubnet_mask

-nhostname -rdata_rate -dduplex_mode

-mmax_transmission_unit

-llocally_administered_MAC

ppp options:

-state enabled/disabled - interface status -i ip_addr - IP address

-ri ip_addr - remote IP address -s ip addr - subnet mask

-a papchapcthenp - authentication method

Note: The ifconfig ppp command is not available for the Remote Supervisor

Adapter II SlimLine.

Description

Use the ifconfig command to configure the Ethernet interface. Type ifconfig eth0 to display the current Ethernet interface configuration. To change the Ethernet interface configuration, type the options, followed by the values. To change the interface configuration, you must have at least Adapter Networking and Security Configuration authority.

The following table shows the arguments for the options.

Option	Description	Values
-state	Interface state	disabled, enabled
-c	Configuration method	dhcp, static, dthens (dthens corresponds to the “try
		dhcp server, if it fails use static config” option on the
		Web interface)
-i	Static IP address	Valid IP address format
-g	Gateway address	Valid IP address format
-s	Subnet mask	Valid IP address format
-n	Host name	String of up to 63 characters. Can include letters,
		digits, periods, underscores, and hyphens.
-r	Data rate	10, 100, auto
-d	Duplex mode	full, half, auto

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