Solaris

I did reset the SP as well as I did a init 5 to shutdown and power off. I did not plug out the power cords.

be sure to set the network to 100mbit(!) fdx and do a full powercycle. after that try to setup the ip...

May I know whats the syntax?

you have to that it to 100mbit at the switch. not from ilom!

hhmmm... will check on that
Btw, if the problem was at the switch end, then why was I not even able to ping from my notebook to the port then?

You don't need to issue init 5's or poweroff anything. reset /SP should do the trick. If the link light is not even blinking, then you have other issues. Link lights blink as long as there's a physical connection, even if the interface is not configured.

I don't want to assume what you have done so far, so here's what I would do first:

1.- determine if my connection to the switch is good. You can easily do that by hard-setting the iLOM IP in your laptop and connecting the very same iLOM cable to your laptop. If that works, then you know the problem is at the iLOM.

2.- Re-connect the iLOM to the switch, then reset the SP and see what happens to the link light.
a) if it never blinks, you have a bad iLOM.
b) if it blinks for a while but then it stops, check the iLOM's firmware level. You may need to update it.

The latest firmware was updated previously prior to the installation and I did that via the webconsole (which means it was working before)