adding second nic card

[needalittlehelpwithHP]

How do I associate a host name with the second nic card that I installed?

nic1 hostname is server1
nic2 hostname is server1bkup

[Tim Nelson]

create an entry in /etc/hosts.

One server can have only one hostname that is returned by `hostname` or gethostbyname.

[needalittlehelpwithHP]

That was what I was thinking. So there is no need to edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf ?

[Tim Nelson · Accepted solution]

There is only one "HOSTNAME" variable in netconf used to set hostname during boot. If you create two entries in netconf then the last entry in the list wins.

[needalittlehelpwithHP]

Thanks