Recent update: 2008-5-9

x2100 network setting

628 byte By lee_eq at 2008-3-5
Hi All, I have 4x X2100 and i am been having problem with setting up the IP address. everytime the server restart it will lose the ip address and I get this message:more /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log[ start + 0.52s Enabled. ][ start + 2.14s Executing start method ...

SUNPCI III Virtual Networking Only 10Mbps

457 byte By silversaleen68 at 2008-2-23
I have a SUN PCI III card installed on a Blade 1000. I got the virtual networking up and running, I can ping, map network drives, etc. But the connection is only 10Mbps.I can hard link the PCI card with its onboard 100Mbps, but my situation calls for virtual networking.Is there an update or a ...

The maximum number of subdirectories allowed by Solaris

62 byte By GIMC at 2008-2-22
The maximum number of subdirectories allowed by Solaris

GigaSwift Ce0 dies suddenly - in two different machines.

343 byte By broitman at 2008-2-20
I installed an X4444a in two diffferent 280R's and plugged Ce0 into a Cisco 3550. After a half hour both Ce0 in both machines simply went dark. No plugging, rebooting, reseating, or other manipulation got the int to light up or show signs of live.Anyone got a theory? Perhaps something to do ...

Timezones & external NTP-Server & Winter-/Summertime

1226 byte By WolverineJR at 2008-2-14
Hi,I really hope that you can help me. I磎 from Germany and so my servers have to be set the German-Timezone. Unfortunately, the German-Timezone has this extremely sensible Summertime. So last monday I came to my job and nothing worked. All servers, which synchronizes their clock with our ...

internet connection problem

490 byte By p1969 at 2008-2-14
hi everyone, how do i connect my ultrasparc machine (actually this machine is connected to adsl router with another windows machines) to intetrnet? The windows machines are easily connected to internet and seems everything looks like automatic. however, when i tried to ping any internet ...

Do I need to reboot following a defaultrouter change?

201 byte By atopher at 2008-2-2
HI, Once I've changed the default route in /etc/defaultrouter, does the machine need a reboot to use the new settings? Thanks

application error in WAN IP

531 byte By nsg at 2008-1-29
we have Sun fire V100 machine with solaris 9 Operating system in this server Two NIC .we have configured one for LAN and Second for WAN . We have also installed BEA Weblogic 8.1 java server its runing fine on LAN IP but Problem is that its not runung in WAN IP and get this error ...

distributing software Solaris 9

729 byte By eraboge at 2008-1-28
What is a best pratice when it comes to "centralized software management" in a Solaris environment ? Today I have 1 file server which handles NIS/NFS and some other services. I have about 30 client workstations which serve as clients to the file server. Today I share common ...

Routing /Firewall with Bridged IP

599 byte By NeerajMalve at 2008-1-27
Hi, I had a firewall box on Solarix 10 x86. which was working fine when connected to DSL modem (nat mode). I configured the DSL modem to Bridge mode so that I can give Static IP to firewall box. But since I am using static IP to firewall box, the box is not able to route packets. ISP ...

Error trying to SCP

450 byte By scotty at 2008-1-25
Error trying to SCP file. Error Code is: 256 is the message I recieve, I have opened the ports in the firewall, is there something I'm missing on this server or on the other server? The server giving me the error message is a Netra T1 running Solrais 7 trying to send the file to a E420R ...

XDMCP interface

971 byte By cyuen at 2008-1-19
Hi all, I'm a newbie to this forum... if the question had been asked before or this is not the right place for it, please refer me to the correct location. We've a few SunFire v200 Servers, I've configured and connected both network interface. dmfe0 goes to our main production network ...

le0: TINT but buffer owned by LANCE

155 byte By Mr_Smith at 2008-1-13
<div align="left">Can anyone tell me what this means? le0: TINT but buffer owned by LANCE</div>

Solaris vs DWL-510

149 byte By at 2008-1-12
i wonder if Solaris 10 would work with DLink Wireless Adapter DWL-510. any sugestions? it's important!! Please help.. thank you

question on routing with solaris 10

724 byte By pachete at 2008-1-8
Hello all! My first post is a question. I hope this is not a bad sign :P First, the scenario: I have a local area network, an ISP and a Solaris 10 x86 box with two Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NICs. The ISP has provided me with multiple public IP addresses. The question is: how can i ...

Solaris 8 on a Sun Fire v480 (full vs half duplex)

2587 byte By Luca at 2008-1-7
Hi All I've installled Solaris 8 on a Sun Fire v480. Now, when I boot I get the following (via serial A/LOM): {2} ok boot -r Boot device: /<a href="mailto:pci&#64;9" target="_blank">pci@9</a>,600000/SUNW,<a href="mailto:qlc&#64;2" ...

conf files for SNMP management agent for a Sun Fire V240

660 byte By aurekius at 2008-1-7
Hi all, I am trying since few good long days to set up the SNMPagent configuration in order to have system information about disks, memory,CPU using an SNMP (SEA) trap receiver. Can somebody send me a working configuration (the files set-up)of Sun SNMP management agent for a Sun Fire V240 ...

IP configuration problem

667 byte By nsg at 2007-12-30
hi we have 3 v100 machine which have solaris 9 opearating System .Each machine have 2 NIC one For LAN and Second For(WAN) boardband connection . how to configured IP address and subnetmask and default gateway and how to save this configuration bcoz i am setting these thing but when system ...

208R and hme0

1642 byte By esilva@xxxxxxxx-xxx.xxx at 2007-12-29
I have a hme card in the PCI 1 slot. I cannot configure the card. I have tried ifconfig, drvconfig and modinfo without success. # ifconfig -a lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 eri0: ...

Virtual if same subnet - Solaris 8

1797 byte By rachet at 2007-12-21
Hi, I am trying to setup a virtual interterface on the same subnet and redirect certain traffic to a specific host through that virtual interface. I am able to reach the virtual interface before I added a route to try and redirect traffic for a specific host out that virtual interface. Any ...

configuring hme1 and hme0

620 byte By pandianc at 2007-12-15
Hello, I have installed two network cards in Ultra5 machine hme0 is configured with address 172.24.32.xxx router is 172.24.132.1 hme1 is configured with address 192.168.6.xxx router is 192.168.6.2 Both are totally different networks. My problem is im not able the configure the router ...

iprb0

309 byte By thbaiga at 2007-12-15
hello,I have installed solaris 10 ,I configured networkcad and update hosts,hostname.iprb0 and netmasks files but when I restart my computer again , I have to do ifconfig again to alive my iprb0.At the start an error message is displayed "/lib/svc/method/net-physical failed with exit status ...

IP FILTER blocks USB keyboard

1566 byte By tunelera at 2007-12-14
Hi,for the second time, in a different machine, i observe IP FILTER blocking the keyboard. I have a Solaris 9 on a SunBlade 100 with USB keyboard and IPFILTER 4.1.22 with pfil 2.1.12. I load the IPF rules and keep on working normally. On the next day the machine has a normal network behaviour ...

how to block 'ypcat' from printing NIS server map file

217 byte By vlsi at 2007-12-10
Dear sir,I want to know how to block user to view the nis server passwd file with the command 'ypcat', except changeing the permission of 'ypcat'.Any help would be much appreciated.vlsi

Sun Trunking 1.3 and Solaris 10

214 byte By arapley at 2007-12-7
I need to install the Sun Trunking Software on Solaris 10. The install script is coded to only install on Solaris 7-9. What is the preferred solution for trunking ports on a Solaris 10 machine?

loopback interface

241 byte By harley.zhou at 2007-12-7
Does Solaris support multiple loopback interface. So the application can use this virtual loopback IP address to communicate with client.The application does not rely on any physical interface status.Thanks,Harley

Solaris 9 - No answer from default gateway

1461 byte By SignalPower at 2007-12-2
I've read several posts here with other people having trouble getting the network to work properly under Solaris 9. I've tested all the solutions, but I'm still no closer. My set up is pretty standard for home broadband. I have a router, provided by the ISP. Internal IP is 10.0.0.1, I have ...

Third-Party SNMP Traps on SMC

319 byte By Rauf at 2007-12-2
Is it possible to receive SNMP Traps from Third-Party applications on SMC(Sun Management Center) If possible, how can this be configured on SMC and how can I import the Third-Party SNMP MIB. Thanks Regards, Rauf Ghafur ...

No OK prompt RSC PGX32 Sunfire 280R

514 byte By tim_milstead at 2007-11-30
This is a bit chicken and egg.I have just installed a second hand PGX32 graphics into a sunfire 280R that has previously been administered by RSC. How (please be verbose) do I get the server to output to the graphics card? I don't know how to get to the OK prompt using RSC to turn off RSC! I ...

SSH configuration - no password login

912 byte By kaush28a at 2007-11-27
I am working on an user's account to be setup as no password login using ssh between two hosts. On same hosts my personal login is also setup for no password prompt login and works fine as expected. But when I am trying the same thing for this user's id, I fail to get the expected results. No ...

Routing again

1286 byte By simkoa at 2007-11-25
Hi I dont know what try next so please help. I have 2 LAN's one with adresses 192.168.0.* a second 192.168.1.* and I have two routers the first one has IP 192.168.1.1 and second is 192.168.0.1. The second one is connected to internet.And I want to browse internet from computers with IP ...

how to boot change boot device

482 byte By nsg at 2007-11-21
I have a V100 machine .which have solaris 9 due to power failure server had poweroff and when server is booting again which have some proble in bootmode server has boot from network and erorr given. i belive server has boot from network but i need system boot from hdd .I change the boot divice ...

QUESTION: How to configure multi path on Solaris?

507 byte By Mahmoud at 2007-11-20
HI we have V20Z server, we want to connect it to our network and we require high bandwidth . Our requirment is to have teaming on 2 NIC interfaces so they will act as one logical interface(more bandwidth is avaliable). My question is how to configure it on solaris 8 ? Do we have to install ...

firewall

113 byte By thbaiga at 2007-11-15
Like firewall exist in windiws, is any firewall at solaris exist.If yes how to access(enable / disable)it?

IPMP error in Solaris 8

1895 byte By bravobrittoa at 2007-11-15
A V890 machine is connected to Cisco switches then link to a Nortel firewall. After configuring IPMP. pc can telnet and ftp to the sun machine without any problem. Host is showing some errors in message files. But IPMP configuration was done similar for all the SUN machines. V890 log :May 12 ...

Network places no longer connects

612 byte By mig176a at 2007-11-15
Hi allI'm a complete noob on solaris and net working.I was always able to connect my two computers using Network Places on solaris 10 without any configuration, on an a previous installation. I have since re-installed Solaris, my two computers are connected to a router, The other computer is ...

Setting up bind for Active Directory

1090 byte By MerLiNa at 2007-11-15
Hello-If someone could point me in the right direction I am trying to configure BIND to play with Windows AD, I want to use BIND on Solaris instead of Windows DNS. I found this info on the web, but it doesnt seem to correlate with the terminology used for BIND. I am a windows guy and have no ...

Moved network card to different pci slot

1052 byte By EWHBa at 2007-11-15
Hello,New to forum group.I am setting up a SAN connection from a 280R using the Sun X6767A FC HBA's.When I attempted to update the firmware on them, using the command:luxadm fcode_download -p, found no FC HBA's. Then I remembered that the FC HBA's had to be beside each other in PCI slots. ...

Network issues. Packet loss when spray is used!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1845 byte By guddlua at 2007-11-14
Hi, I am not in a position to figure out, is it an issue with my server or my network. I run spray and find packet loss...what should I suspect?In one way, the packet loss is 0%, while the other way, there is 90% loss. Both machines are located in two different buildings.here is the ...

change NIS client hostname

499 byte By vlsia at 2007-11-14
Dear All,I am trying to change one NIS client hostname but keep its IP unchanged. What I did is changing the hostname in the hosts file of NIS server and changing the hsotname on the client too. With 'ping' command, the new hostname of the client can be recognized only within the domain, but ...

QFE card problem

1888 byte By andrew9876 at 2007-11-14
Hi everyone,I've installed a qfe (gumby) card in mu ultra 5 , it looks to be configured ok, ip addresses and netmasks all ok but I dont appear to be able to use the interfaces. The onboard hme0 is fine, can ping and be ping'ed from other devices connected to my router.I tried connecting all ...

slow tcp traffic over ge0 interface

237 byte By aolsunsolve at 2007-11-14
I have a server that while using ge0 for UDP traffic, it uses full bandwidth, but for tcp is slow as hell.... ttcp is showing how slow it is, into the kbps rather than mbps. I want to know if there is a specific patch to fix this.

Network ce0 interface goes down when reboots

381 byte By smfrahman at 2007-11-14
Hi,I have a Sun Fire V 490 and solaris 10 is installed.if i am trying to view the configuration like duplex,speed and etc of the interface..it throws me an error...operation not applicable..ndd -get /dev/ce link_statusndd -get /dev/ce ink_modendd -get /dev/ce link_speedCould anyone help me on ...

RSC connectivity problem

294 byte By Tiger1234 at 2007-11-14
Solaris 10 installed in SFV490 serverConfigured RSC.Netmanagement port not responding to telnet sessiontried to connect the interface cable but no result still IP address not pinging no telnet session.able to connect through serial port through laptop/desktop

Administration Server

280 byte By thomasjen at 2007-11-14
I just installed SUN ONE 3.6 SP8. I am not able to access the Administration Server after installing. When I do, I receive a "unable to locate server message," in Netscape and in UNIX when I enter the start command for it, nothing happens. What do I need to do differently?

Muiltple Virtual Interfaces - Random Source Address

581 byte By Tom_Tiger at 2007-11-14
I have configurations with multiple virtual interfaces on the same physical interface in the same subnet. (Solaris 9). On the machines I run ana pache with lots of IP based virtual host.If i have applications which don't bind to a certain ip, then ip of one of the defined interfaces is taken. ...

Need to ping server before can TELNET or FTP

389 byte By Zool at 2007-11-14
I am having problem with services like ftp and telnet on Solaris 10 server.In order to connect to the server, I need to ping the server first before I can connect using telnet or ftp. If not its endup with "Could not open a connection to host. Connection failed." I already check the services, ...

building postfix with mysql problem

6263 byte By Haythammorsy at 2007-11-14
Hi all,I have a sun fire v880 machine running solaris 10, i need to set an email server using postfix+mysql.I already installed myql and its working fine. but when trying to build postfix with mysql i get a compliation error, here's wts going on: bash-3.00# make makefiles 'CCARGS=-DHAS_MYSQL ...

v440 solaris 9 Problem with ce0 network interface

299 byte By sdn at 2007-11-14
Solaris 9 4/04 primary interface ce1wheh run command:ifconfig ce0 plumb, error messageifconfig: SIOCSLIFNAME for ip: ce0: no such interfacewhat happen ?grep ce /etc/path_to_inst"/pci@1c,600000/network@2" 0 "ce""/pci@1f,700000/network@1" 1

Cannot Plumb Quad Card Interfaces

362 byte By ARamjass at 2007-11-14
I have a netra 440. But I can only configure the 2 onboard interfaces(ce0, ce1).In fact the quad card doen't even show up in /etc/path_to_instgrep net /etc/path_to_inst"/pci@1c,600000/network@2" 0 "ce""/pci@1f,700000/network@1" 1 "ce"There should be another 4 ce entries.No errors on start ...