Solaris 11 has a vastly redesigned networking infrastructure, both at the kernel level, and at the sysadmin level. It is crucial to understand this redesign.
Therefore, I shall start this chapter with some orientation material.
The following topics are touched on in this chapter:
Kernel redesign
Orientation to new Solaris 11 networking
Interface naming
NWAM – automatic networking configuration
IPMP (IP multipathing), tunneling, and VLAN management
Network resource management (per-interface, flows, and IP QoS)
Other changes
The changes in Solaris 11 improve both performance, and general manageability. In the manageability department, changes you make with the new tools stay across reboots.