Synchronization of active and persistent values

Running network commands only from the command-line interface results in differences between the active and persistent values in the etc/rc files. However, the network changes can be updated on storage systems on reboot only if the etc/rc files are synchronously updated with the commands or values.

For example, consider an etc/rc file that consists of the hostname myhost, ifconfig e0a 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0, and savecore commands when the storage system is running. If the ifconfig e0b 5.6.7.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 command is run only from the command-line interface without updating the etc/rc file, then on storage system reboot, the e0b interface is not configured because it is not updated in the etc/rc file.

System Manager detects such configuration mismatches. However, these mismatches can be eliminated by running the commands from the command-line interface or by updating the etc/rc file with the active and persistent values.

Parent Topic: Understanding System Manager