Editing the /etc/rc file

You edit the storage system's boot configuration file, the /etc/rc file, to modify the commands that the system runs at boot time.

About this task

The storage system’s boot configuration file is named rc and is in the /etc directory of its default volume (the default is /vol/vol0/etc/rc).

Steps

1.	Make a backup copy of the /etc/rc file.

2.	Edit the /etc/rc file.

Note: Do not add CIFS commands to /etc/rc. Doing so can cause problems when the storage system boots if CIFS is not fully initialized or the commands cause deadlocks between the /etc/rc file and CIFS.

3.	Ensure that entries in the /etc/rc file are listed in the following order:

hostname system_name
ifgrp commands
vlan commands
ifconfig commands
vfiler commands
route commands
[any other commands]

4.	Save the edited file.

5.	Reboot the storage system to test the new configuration.

If the new configuration does not work as you want, repeat Step 2 through Step 4.