network interfases (skipping)
Hi All
I'm trying to install Solaris 8 on a Sun Fire V480. The only problem I have is that I cannot connet to the internet. The problem is also that there are many network interfaces at the back:
fcip0
ce0, ce1
qfe0, qfe1, gfe2, qfe3
For all of them solaris (installation cd) comes with the message :
Skipping interface .....
Only for the qfe interface there is an extra line telling the network is not reachable.
My question is what interface should I use (as default, I only need one) ? So far I've tried fcip0 and qfe0
Any suggestions how to solve this ?
Thanks in advance
Luca
[663 byte] By [
Luca] at [2007-11-25 22:48:39]

# 1
Hello Luca,
fcip0 is (probably) the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) high-speed serial data connector (HSSDC)
ce is Cassini = 10/100/1000BASE-T twisted-pair ethernet port
qfe is QuadFastEthernet = Quad FastEthernet PCI (QFE/P)
The ce0 and ce1 are integrated on the systemboard.
Qfe0 .. qfe3 are on an add-in board.
Michael
maal at 2007-7-5 17:04:01 >

# 2
Yup, the Cassini, integrated, ports would be your best choices for the system because they are the integrated interfaces.
(an add-on card could be physically removed, but you'd still want some sort of default connection)
Glance at this thread from the Network Configuration forum,
particularly the bottom posting from 14-Oct-05:
<a href="http://supportforum.sun.com/network/index.php?t=msg&goto=4005" target="_blank"> http://supportforum.sun.com/network/index.php?t=msg&goto =4005</a>
Bill at 2007-7-5 17:04:01 >
