Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP manual # grep nxge /etc/pathtoinst, # ifconfig nxge0 plumb ip-addressup

1.At the command line, use the grep command to search the /etc/path_to_inst file for nxge interfaces.

#grep nxge /etc/path_to_inst

#"/pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/network@0" 0 "nxge"

#"/pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/network@0,1" 1 "nxge"

#

In this example, the device instance is from a Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter installed in slot 1.

Be sure to write down your device path and instance, which in the example is "/pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/network@0" 0. Your device path and instance will be similar. You need this information to make changes to the nxge.conf file. See “Setting Parameters Using the nxge.conf File” on page 38.

2. Use the ifconfig command to set up the adapter’s nxge interface.

Use the ifconfig command to assign an IP address to the network interface. Type the following at the command line, replacing ip-addresswith the adapter’s IP address:

#ifconfig nxge0 plumb ip-addressup

Refer to the ifconfig(1M) man page and the Solaris documentation for more information.

■If you want a setup that remains the same after you reboot, create an /etc/hostname.nxgenumber file, where number is the instance number of the nxge interface you plan to use.

To use the adapter’s nxge interface in the Step 1 example, create an /etc/hostname.nxge0 file, where 0 is the number of the nxge interface. If the instance number were 1, the filename would be

/etc/hostname.nxge1.

■Do not create an /etc/hostname.nxgenumber file for a Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter interface you plan to leave unused.

■The /etc/hostname.nxgenumber file must contain the host name for the appropriate nxge interface.

■The host name must have an IP address listed in the /etc/hosts file.

24 Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • January 2009