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Operating Systems AIX promiscuous mode AIX Post 302550922 by dukessd on Sunday 28th of August 2011 07:48:09 PM
Old 08-28-2011
Ah, OK, sorry I misunderstood your question.

AIX's tcpdump will turn it on for you.

It is set dynamically on AIX. The default is off but tcpdump for instance has a default of on, iptrace has a default of off but has a switch for on:

AIX Commands:

tcpdump:
Help -

-p Stops putting the interface into promiscuous mode. Note that the interface might be in promiscuous mode for some other reason; hence, -p cannot be used as an abbreviation for ether host {local-hw-addr} or ether broadcast.

iptrace:
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-e Enables promiscuous mode on network adapters that support this function.

Depending on what you are trying to do, and how you want to do it, you might find some related useful info here:
pSeries and AIX Information Center

Or on any of the above links by searching for promisc in the search box on the left side of the window.

HTH.
 

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dlpi_promiscon(3DLPI)				  Data Link Provider Interface Library Functions			     dlpi_promiscon(3DLPI)

NAME
dlpi_promiscon, dlpi_promiscoff - enable or disable DLPI promiscuous mode SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -ldlpi [ library... ] #include <libdlpi.h> int dlpi_promiscon(dlpi_handle_t dh, uint_t level); int dlpi_promiscoff(dlpi_handle_t dh, uint_t level); DESCRIPTION
The dlpi_promiscon() function enables promiscuous mode on a DLPI link instance associated with DLPI handle dh, at the specified level. After enabling promiscuous mode, the caller will be able to receive all messages destined for the DLPI link instance at the specified level. This operation can be performed in any DLPI state of a handle. The dlpi_promiscoff() function disables promiscuous mode on a DLPI link instance associated with DLPI handle dh, at the specified level. This operation can be performed in any DLPI state of a handle in which promiscuous mode is enabled at the specified level. The level modes are: DL_PROMISC_PHYS Promiscuous mode at the physical level DL_PROMISC_SAP Promiscuous mode at the SAP level DL_PROMISC_MULTI Promiscuous mode for all multicast addresses RETURN VALUES
Upon success, DLPI_SUCCESS is returned. If DL_SYSERR is returned, errno contains the specific UNIX system error value. Otherwise, a DLPI error value defined in <sys/dlpi.h> or an error value listed in the following section is returned. ERRORS
DLPI_EBADMSG Bad DLPI message DLPI_EINHANDLE Invalid DLPI handle DLPI_EINVAL Invalid argument DLPI_ETIMEDOUT DLPI operation timed out ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Committed | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libdlpi(3LIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 22 Aug 2007 dlpi_promiscon(3DLPI)
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