if_mpadm(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      if_mpadm(1M)

NAME

       if_mpadm - change operational status of interfaces within a multipathing group

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/if_mpadm -d interface_name

       /usr/sbin/if_mpadm -r interface_name

DESCRIPTION

       Use  the  if_mpadm  utility  to	change the operational status of interfaces that are part of an IP multipathing group. If the interface is
       operational, you can use if_mpadm -d to detach or off-line the interface. If the interface is off-lined, use if_mpadm -r to  revert  it	to
       its original state.

       When  a	network interface is off-lined, all network access fails over to a different interface in the IP multipathing group. Any addresses
       that do not failover are brought down. Network access includes unicast, broadcast, and multicast for IPv4 and  unicast  and  multicast  for
       IPv6.  Addresses marked with IFF_NOFAILOVER do not failover. They are marked down. After an interface is off-lined, the system will not use
       the interface for any outbound or inbound traffic, and the interface can be safely removed from the system  without  any  loss  of  network
       access.

       The if_mpadm utility can be applied only to interfaces that are part of an IP multipathing group.

OPTIONS

       The if_mpadm utility supports the following options:

       -d interface_name       Detach or off-line the interface specified by	 interface_name.

       -r interface_name	Reattach  or  undo  the previous detach or off-line operation on the interface specified by interface_name. Unless
			       the -d option was used to detach or off-line the interface, this option will fail.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Detaching an Interface

       Use the following command to off-line or detach the interface. All network access will failover from hme0 to other interfaces in  the  same
       IP multipathing group. If no other interfaces are in the same group, the operation will fail.

       example% if_mpadm -d hme0

       Example 2: Reattaching an Off-line Interface

       Use the following command to undo the previous operation. Network access will failback to hme0.

       example% if_mpdadm -r hme0

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ifconfig(1M), in.mpathd(1M), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       off-line failed as there is no other functional interface available in the multipathing group for failing over the network access.

	 This message means that other interfaces in the group are failed over already or the multipathing configuration was not suitable for com-
	 pleting a failover.

       off-line cannot be undone because multipathing configuration is not consistent across all the interfaces in the group.

	 This message means that some interfaces in the IP multipathing group are not configured consistently with other interfaces in the  group,
	 for example, one of the interfaces in the group does not have an IFF_NOFAILOVER address.

SunOS 5.10							    3 Sep 2002							      if_mpadm(1M)