Solaris Networking Tips

How to find all the network interfaces on a solaris machine:

dladm show-dev 
or 
prtconf -D | grep network 
or 
grep -i net /etc/path_to_inst

How to Bring up an interface

ifconfig <Interface Name> plumb
ifconfig <Interface Name> <Ip Address> netmask <Netmask>
ifconfig <Interface Name> up

How to view SAN device connected to your Solaris machine

luxadm probe

Solaris 10 multicast interface

route -n delete -interface 224.0/4 -gateway   10.1.1.77
route -n add -interface 224.0/4 -gateway   100.1.1.77

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