What the /etc/rc file format is

The /etc/rc files consist of a sequence of commands that are executed in a particular order which determines the format of these files.

The sequence of commands in the /etc/rc files is as follows:

hostname

2.	vif or interface group

If the order of these commands is modified in the /etc/rc files, System Manager displays a failure message.

Note: For storage system running Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, you must change the vif commands in the /etc/rc file to interface group commands because vif commands are deprecated from Data ONTAP 8.0 onwards. If you do not change the vif commands, System Manager reports an error in the sequence of commands preventing changes to the configuration settings until the command sequence is corrected.

Parent Topic: Understanding System Manager