topic Re: ifconfig question in Operating System - Linux https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ifconfig-question/m-p/3914871#M84627 Brian,<BR /><BR />This is indeed VMWare that has created these V-NICs. I have only used it in a Windows environment, however I would gues that "vlmf0" is the real interface. In any event you should be able to see your original bindings in "/etc/rc.config.d/networks" for HP-UX or "/etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/if*" for Redhat Linux.<BR /><BR />If you want to add a Virtual-Address to VMWare it must be one of the following:<BR />A NAT'd address that is routed through your real NIC to the outside work.<BR />A private VLAN that can only be seen on this machine.<BR /><BR />Can you please provide some more information as the physical config of you machine, an the software you are using? Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:42:02 GMT Andrew Cowan 2006-12-19T04:42:02Z ifconfig question https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ifconfig-question/m-p/3914870#M84626 this is my ifconfig -a<BR /><BR />[root@vmhost7 network-scripts]# ifconfig -a<BR />lo Link encap:Local Loopback <BR /> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<BR /> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:6216 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:6216 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 <BR /> RX bytes:2561813 (2.4 Mb) TX bytes:2561813 (2.4 Mb)<BR /><BR />vmnic0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:5E:23:42:D1 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:52744008 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:1103425 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:3177660071 (3030.4 Mb) TX bytes:1359117615 (1296.1 Mb)<BR /> Interrupt:105 <BR /><BR />vmnic1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:5E:23:42:D0 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:880396797 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:2106101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:2317023926 (2209.6 Mb) TX bytes:350627357 (334.3 Mb)<BR /> Interrupt:105 <BR /><BR />vmnic2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:18:19:0D:28 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:52163728 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:110010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:3791676215 (3616.0 Mb) TX bytes:19933566 (19.0 Mb)<BR /> Interrupt:161 <BR /><BR />vmnic3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:18:19:0D:27 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:2396510207 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:1242805438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:3092512675 (2949.2 Mb) TX bytes:795185469 (758.3 Mb)<BR /> Interrupt:169 <BR /><BR />vmnic4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:18:19:2E:40 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)<BR /> Interrupt:177 <BR /><BR />vmnic5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:18:19:2E:41 <BR /> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)<BR /> Interrupt:185 <BR /><BR />vlmf0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:42:5A:C7 <BR /> inet addr:69.248.245.178 Bcast:69.248.245.191 Mask:255.255.255.240<BR /> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<BR /> RX packets:47079555 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<BR /> TX packets:87842 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<BR /> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <BR /> RX bytes:3766435607 (3591.9 Mb) TX bytes:45682617 (43.5 Mb)<BR /><BR />[root@vmhost7 network-scripts]# <BR /><BR />i need to add an ip 10.211.2.138 to one fo the available nic's and configure it. how would i go about doing it? this looks like vmware is this different?<BR /><BR />THanks<BR /><BR />brian Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:46:23 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ifconfig-question/m-p/3914870#M84626 brian_31 2006-12-18T15:46:23Z Re: ifconfig question https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ifconfig-question/m-p/3914871#M84627 Brian,<BR /><BR />This is indeed VMWare that has created these V-NICs. I have only used it in a Windows environment, however I would gues that "vlmf0" is the real interface. In any event you should be able to see your original bindings in "/etc/rc.config.d/networks" for HP-UX or "/etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/if*" for Redhat Linux.<BR /><BR />If you want to add a Virtual-Address to VMWare it must be one of the following:<BR />A NAT'd address that is routed through your real NIC to the outside work.<BR />A private VLAN that can only be seen on this machine.<BR /><BR />Can you please provide some more information as the physical config of you machine, an the software you are using? Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:42:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ifconfig-question/m-p/3914871#M84627 Andrew Cowan 2006-12-19T04:42:02Z