Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP manual To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client

▼To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client

1.Locate the root directory of the diskless client on the host server.

The root directory of diskless client system is commonly installed in the host server’s /export/root/client-namedirectory, where client_name is the diskless client’s host name. In this procedure, the root directory is:

/export/root/client-name

2.Download the software for Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter onto the server’s drive.

3.Use the pkgadd -Rcommand to install the software packages to the diskless client’s root directory on the server.

Install the software packages to the client’s root directory.

4.Create a hostname.nxgenumber file in the diskless client’s root directory.

Create an /export/root/client-name/etc/hostname.nxgenumberfile for the 10- Gigabit Ethernet interface. See “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 23 for instructions.

5.Edit the hosts file in the diskless client’s root directory.

Edit the /export/root/client-name/etc/hostsfile to include the IP address of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface. See “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 23 for instructions.

6.Set the MAC address on the server side and rebuild the device tree if you want to boot from the 10-Gigabit Ethernet port.

7.To boot the diskless client from the 10-Gigabit Ethernet port, type the following boot command:

ok boot path-to-device:link-param

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