Network - Solaris

The Network tab lets you provide networking information for a server, such as its IP configuration settings and name service.

Field definitions

Enable networking on the Primary interface

Check this option if you want this machine's primary interface to connect to the network.

Initialize the Primary interface using DHCP

Specifies that the network connection should obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server.

Use the following settings

Specifies that the network connection should use a static IP address. If you choose this option, provide the following information:

  • IP Address
  • Netmask
  • Default Route

IP Address

The static IP address that the network connection should use. Enter the IP address or click Select Property to insert a parameter that refers to a local property to supply the value for this field.

Netmask

The subnet mask number, which is used to identify which segment of the network the server is on. Enter the IP address or click Select Property g_V95_ParameterizeIcon.GIFto insert a parameter that refers to a local property to supply the value for this field.

Default Route

The address of the IP router that is used to forward traffic to destinations outside of the local network. Enter an address or click Select Property to insert a parameter that refers to a local property to supply the value for this field.
If you want the installation program to detect the router by using the ICMP router discovery protocol, leave this field blank.

Note

If ICMP is disabled, you must provide an IP address for Default Router. Otherwise, JumpStart switches to interactive mode during an installation and starts prompting the user for values.

Use IPv6

Check this option if the IP address conforms to the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network layer standard.

Name service type

The name service that this server should use. Enter a name or select NONE if this server should not use a name service. Name services and their associated fields are listed below.

NISNIS+
Domain Name: Name of the group of systems using NIS.
Name Server Host Name: Name of the NIS name server.
Name Server IP Address: IP address of the NIS name server.

DNS
Domain Name: Domain name for the group of systems using DNS.
Primary DNS Server: IP address of the primary DNS server.
Secondary DNS Server: IP address of the secondary DNS server.
Tertiary DNS Server: IP address of the tertiary DNS server.
Additional Domains: Names of additional domains to search for name service information. You can specify up to six domain names to search. Use CSV format (separate domain names with commas). The total length of this field (including commas) cannot exceed 250 characters.

LDAP
Domain Name: Name of the group of systems using LDAP.
Profile Name: Name of the LDAP profile server.
Profile Server IP Address: IP address of the LDAP profile server.
Proxy DN: Domain name of the LDAP proxy server.
Proxy Password: Password to access the LDAP proxy server. This password must not include the following character string:
??

 

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