How to assign Static IP address in Solaris 11? Is it possible to assign multiple IP address to NIC ? First we will the basic difference between older version of Solaris and Solaris 11.In Solaris 10, according to the NIC manufacturer,physical network interfaces are named (Ex:bge,e1000g,nxge).But in Solaris 11 onwards,the inconsistencies names are hidden from the view and all the interfaces will be […]
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SOLARIS 11 – Link aggregation vs IPMP ? How to Configure it?
How many of the Solaris administrator knows the difference between link aggregation and IPMP (IP Multi-pathing) ? Even i don’t know the difference till last month.But I was in situation to choose between IPMP and Link aggregation for one of the server.Then I have read the Solaris 11 manuals and finally find out the difference between both. Both IPMP and Link aggregation increase […]
Solaris 11 – New Features & Capabilities of Zones
Solaris 11 zones have some many differences from Solaris 10 zones.Oracle tried to make zone as completely independent virtual machines and they succeed on that.Oracle introduced many utilities and new features in Solaris 11 local zones.some of the key features are, 1. zonestat 2. beadm in zones 3. anet, the new auto-configuring zone network interface […]
Sysconfig – Configuration Differences between Solaris 11 and Solaris 10
Solaris 11 has significant changes in the way Solaris administrator interact with it in day to day operations. Oracle get rid of the text files approach in Solaris 11 and brought admin commands instead of that.Here we are going to see about sysconfig command which will be used for configuring system,un-configuring system,and profile creation.This is […]
Installation of Solaris 11-Step by step Guide
Many of the Solaris beginners will be wondering that how to install Solaris 11.Here you go with step by step guide.There is no much difference compare to Solaris 10 Using DVD/CD installation method and you need to answer very less questions. Solaris 11 won’t ask you to select the filesystem types like UFS or ZFS since UFS root filesystem […]
How to create whole root zone on Solaris 11 ?
In this post we will see how to install zone on Solaris 11.Unlike solaris 10,we can’t install it without configuring repo on Solaris. First we need to create a Solaris 11 repo , then you can install Solaris local zone (i.e there is no sparse root zone in Solaris 11) using below method.From Solaris 11 on-wards,all the local zones by default uses exclusive ip address. In exclusive IP, you […]
How to create IPS repository in Solaris11- IPS
Solaris 11 has new features is the repository based Image Packaging system. IPS very tightly integrated with our zones, boot environment and ZFS file systems to provide a safe, easy and fast way to perform system updates.IPS introduces new cloud based package installation service. Here i am going to show you that how to create […]