In comp.unix.solaris OFuchs <Oliver.Fuchs@siemens.com> wrote:
> Hello,

> I got an Solaris 8 5/03 installation of Sun on a v480 with the
> lower onboard ce interface (pci@9,7) to be ce0, but I have to
> reinstall this box and the default installation of Solaris 8 5/03
> allways makes the upper onboard ce interface (pci@9,6) to be ce0. This
> should not a problem, but the v480 is mounted in a rack and the cables
> and patch panels are labeled as well as the documentation is written
> and released.

> Do I really have to modify the /etc/path_to_inst by hand to get the
> lower to be ce0 or is there another way?

Pretty much. The system normally numbers interfaces like that
sequentially in the order that they are "seen". If mulitple interfaces
are seen during a single reconfiguration, then their order is the same
as the "probe order" on the slots. This should always be the same for a
particular model and a particular OS.

So one way is to remove the upper card and reinstall, then put the card
back in and reconfigure. However if the labeling of the cables is a
problem, I'm guessing you don't want to be fiddling with the cards,
either.

Swapping the instance numbers in /etc/path_to_inst would definitely be
easier.

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