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CHAPTER 3
Network Configuration
This chapter describes how to edit the network host files after the adapter has been
installed on your system. This chapter contains the following sections:
■“Configuring the Network Host Files”on page 25
■“Setting Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System”on
page27
■“Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network”on
page28

Configuring the Network Host Files

After installing the driver software, you must create a hostname.cenumber file for
the adapter’s Ethernet interface. You must also create both an IP address and a host
name for its Ethernet interface in the /etc/hosts file.
1. At the command line, use the grep command to search the /etc/path_to_inst
filefor ce interfaces.
In this example, the device instance is from a Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter
installed in slot 1. For clarity,the instance number is in bold italics.
Be sure to write down your device path and instance, which in the example is
“/pci@1f,0/pci@1/network@4” 0. Yourdevice path and instance will be similar.
Youneed this information to make changes to the ce.conf file. See “Setting
Parameters Using the ce.conf File”on page 50.
2. Use the ifconfig command to set up the adapter’s ce interface.
#grep ce /etc/path_to_inst
"/pci@8,600000/network@1" 0 "ce"