Network configuration, To boot over the network on linux systems, Network for linux systems – Sun Microsystems 5945532 User Manual

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C H A P T E R

Network Configuration

This chapter describes how to edit the network host files after the card has been
installed on your system. This chapter contains the following section:

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“Configuring the Network Host Files for Booting Over the Gigabit Ethernet
Network for Linux Systems” on page 21

Note –

To do a PXE boot (or netboot) on a dual-port card, you must use the topmost

port. That port is the logical Port 0, and it has the lowest MAC address.

Configuring the Network Host Files for
Booting Over the Gigabit Ethernet
Network for Linux Systems

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To Boot Over the Network on Linux Systems

1. Obtain the MAC address of the first Sun 10GbE XFP SR PCI Express Card port

by checking the label of the card.

The MAC address of the first port should be the MAC address from the label
plus 1.

2. Set up the PXE boot server with the MAC addresses.

3. Use the first Ethernet adapter port as the boot interface.

Only the first port is enabled for booting over the network.