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Chapter 3 Using the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter 11
Configuring Host Files
After installing the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter, you must create a
hostname.hme<num> file for its Ethernet interface. You must also assign an
IP address and a hostname for its Ethernet interface in the /etc/hosts file.
Your system motherboard Ethernet interface (network) uses the hme driver as well,
with an interface identified as hme0. (The number 0 following hme represents the
first instance of the interface.)
You may see the interface(s) represented in the /etc/path_to_inst file.
▼ To Prepare Your System for the Sun FastEthernet
PCI Adapter
1. Create an /etc/hostname.hme1 file.
The number 1 following hme represents the second instance of the hme device. Use
the hme2 extension for a second FastEthernet adapter, and so on.
■ Do not create /etc/hostname.hme<num> files for the Sun FastEthernet PCI
Adapter channels you do not plan to use. The /etc/hostname.hme<num> file
must contain the hostname for the appropriate network interface.
■ The hostname should have an IP address and should be entered in the
/etc/hosts file.
■ The hostname should be different from any other hostname of any other interface,
for example: /etc/hostname.hme0 and /etc/hostname.hme1 cannot share
the same hostname.
■ The following is an example of the /etc/hostname.hme<num> files required for
a machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz and zardoz-1 on the
networks connected to the hme0 and hme1 Ethernet interfaces.
zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme0
zardoz
zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme1
zardoz-1