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opensolaris - setting up dhcp

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +1300

You’ll need these two packages installed;

SUNWdhcs, SUNWdhcm

First ensure that the DHCP service is running. Go into the “services” gui and tick the box to enable the DHCP server.

now from commandline run…

dhcpmgr

From edit menu choose “network wizard”, step through the wizard (defautls are o.k i you have a fixed IP already assigned to your opensolaris box)
From edit menu choose “address wizard”

If you step through the wizard (the following is an example of what i have choosen)

allow root ssh login solaris 11 express

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1200

Change SSHD to allow root login;

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config PermitRootLogin = yes

Allow remote logon for root user, comment out the following line;

vi /etc/default/login **

#CONSOLE =/dev/login

rolemod -K type=normal root

install crashplan on solaris

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +1200

http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/getting_started/installing_crashplan

Move the downloaded tar.gz file into /var/spool/pkg/

mv CrashPlan_2010-03-08_Solaris.tar.gz /var/spool/pkg/

Unpack the archive.

tar -xzvf CrashPlan_2010-03-08_Solaris.tar.gz

Install the CrashPlan package:

sudo /usr/sbin/pkgadd

Start CrashPlan Engine:

sudo /opt/sfw/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start

Start CrashPlan Desktop:

sudo /opt/sfw/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanDesktop

To enable CrashPlan PRO as a service (as root):

svccfg import /opt/sfw/crashplan/bin/crashplan.xml

svcadm enable crashplan

check that the service has come online proplery (then load client)

svcs -a | grep crashplan

online 21:18:43 svc:/crashplan:default

opensolaris - jumbo frames

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1200

If your keen on enabling jumbo frames in opensolaris this is the way…

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-6990/gdyqk?l=en&a=view

# dladm show-phys

LINK MEDIA STATE SPEED DUPLEX DEVICE

net0 ether up 100Mb full bge0

itops1 ether up 100Mb full qfe3

web1 ether up 100Mb full bge1

# dladm show-linkprop -p mtu web1

LINK PROPERTY VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE

web1 mtu 1500 1500 –

# ifconfig web1 unplumb

# dladm set-linkprop -p mtu=9000 web1

# ifconfig web1 plumb 10.10.1.2/24 up