Control/Modify dhcpagent configuration in Sun Solaris

 Networking, Solaris 10, Solaris 8, Solaris 9  1 Response »
Mar 222008
 


Do you you DHCP to get the IP Address for your Solaris Server or workstation then its worth understanding what your DHCP Agent by default requests for from the DHCP server and help avoid certain network issues like “unknown” hostname issue as I’ve descrbed here.

The DHCP Agent by default requests for the

Subnet Mask

Default Router

Hostname

DNS Domain

Broadcast Address

Encapsulated Vendor Option (vendor specific information as described in RFC 2132)

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Fix: No hostname when using DHCP in Sun Solaris 8/9/10

 Networking, Solaris 10, Solaris 8, Solaris 9  8 Responses »
Mar 222008
 


If you are using DHCP to receive IP Address for your Sun Solaris system, you may end up with no hostname assigned to the system. This can be confirmed when there is no hostname at the prompt or if the output for the command “hostname” is as follows:

# hostname
unknown

or the /etc/hosts file has an entry as follows:

# cat /etc/hosts
#
# Internet host table
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.3 unknown # Added by DHCP

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UFS Maximum File Size (2GB) restriction in Sun Solaris

 General  1 Response »
Mar 222008
 


In Sun Solaris, UFS file system default maximum file size is 2GB which restricts the maximum size of any file will be restricted to 2GB. This can cause problems with applications like Databases. Solaris 10 by default however sets the Maximum file Size to unlimited on the UFS File System.

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