Sun Microsystems 816-0830-12 Switch User Manual


 
132 Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Installation and Configuration Guide October 2001
To Start a Network Interface Manually
1. Use the ifconfig command with the appropriate interface.
For example, to enable an FCIP interface associated with fp instance 0 and an IP
address of 192.9.201.10, you would use the following command:
The ifconfig command is described in more detail in the ifconfig
(1M)manpage. Ask your network administrator for an appropriate IP address and
netmask information.
2. Use the command ifconfig -a to verify the network is up.
The output of ifconfig -a should look like this:
Usage
Any standard network commands can be used after FCIP is attached. There will not
be any usage differences when these commands (telnet, ping,orftp) are used in
an Ethernet setup or FC network setup.
# ifconfig fcip0 plumb 192.9.201.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232
index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
fcip0:
flags=1001843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,MULTI_BCAST,IPv4>
mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.9.201.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.9.201.255
ether 0:e0:8b:1:3c:f7
hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500
index
3
inet 192.9.200.70 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.9.200.255
ether 8:0:20:fc:e9:49