[SunHELP] Adding network card to Sun E250

[C. Ahmet MERCAN]

hi;

these settings works until first reboot. you must set IP and hostname 
for new NIC at /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname.hme1 files. also you may 
want to set routing.

regards...

Cem Ahmet MERCAN


James Marcinek wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I will be installing a second nic into a Sun e250 server and this will be my
> first so I'm hoping it won't be too difficult.
> 
> My main concern is figuring out the network card type, which I don't know how
> it's usually done (eg eri, hme, etc)? Is there an easy way to do this? I know
> the prtdiag -v will display everything but I would like to know if there's other
> ways.
> 
> I would also like to know if I'm missing any other steps or getting this wrong
> 
> * Once I know what type it is I could plumb the device:
>  eg - ifconfig hme1 plumb
> 
> * The assign the ip address and bring it up
>   eg ifconfig hme1 192.168.0.25 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> 
> Do I also need to create the hostname.hme1 file or is this done by the plumb?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James
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