Sun Microsystems FASTETHERNET 6U - Manual (Page 66)

48 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000
6. Use the ifconfig command to activate the adapter’s Ethernet interfaces.
For each adapter interface, type the following at the command line, replacing
instance with the interface’s instance number and ip_address with the interface’s IP
address:
For example, if you were using the adapter’s four interfaces, and they were named
qfe0 , qfe1 , qfe2 , and qfe3 , you would type:
The adapter’s network interfaces should now be using the unique MAC addresses.
Booting the System Over a Sun Quad
FastEthernet Interface
Perform the following procedure to use a Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI
adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device.
▼ To Boot the System Over the Network
1. Before shutting down the operating environment and halting the system, make
sure that all significant application activity on the server has stopped.
2. Follow the appropriate procedures, as documented in the system’s service manual,
to shut down and halt the system.
Refer to the system’s documentation for the complete power off procedure. For
example, if you were powering off a Netra ct server, you would refer to the Netra ct
Server Service Manual.
After shutting down the system, you should see the OpenBoot PROM ok prompt on
the system console.
# ifconfig qfe instance ip_address plumb up
# ifconfig qfe0 ip_address plumb up
# ifconfig qfe1 ip_address plumb up
# ifconfig qfe2 ip_address plumb up
# ifconfig qfe3 ip_address plumb up