Existe um Sun X4100 com uma interface nge0 que está configurada e funcionando. O servidor tem um grupo de 4 conectores de rede na parte traseira e nge0 corresponde à porta Ethernet 0.
Eu tentei ativar a porta Ethernet 3 com ifconfig nge3 plumb e recebi a saída
ifconfig: plumb: nge3: Invalid argument
Mas eu consigo configurar nge1 sem problemas.
Aqui está a saída de prtconf -D
i86pc (driver name: rootnex)
scsi_vhci, instance #0 (driver name: scsi_vhci)
isa, instance #0 (driver name: isa)
asy, instance #0 (driver name: asy)
motherboard
pci, instance #0 (driver name: npe)
pci10de,5e
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci108e,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: ohci)
device, instance #0 (driver name: usb_mid)
keyboard, instance #0 (driver name: hid)
mouse, instance #1 (driver name: hid)
pci108e,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: ehci)
pci-ide, instance #0 (driver name: pci-ide)
ide (driver name: ata)
ide (driver name: ata)
pci10de,5c, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
display, instance #0 (driver name: vgatext)
pci10de,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: nge)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci1022,1200
pci1022,1201
pci1022,1202
pci1022,1203
pci1022,1204
pci, instance #1 (driver name: npe)
pci10de,5e
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84, instance #1 (driver name: nge)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,5d (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci1022,7458, instance #1 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci1022,7459
pci1022,7458, instance #2 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci8086,1011, instance #0 (driver name: e1000g)
pci8086,1011, instance #1 (driver name: e1000g)
pci1000,3060, instance #0 (driver name: mpt)
sd, instance #0 (driver name: sd)
sd, instance #2 (driver name: sd)
sd, instance #3 (driver name: sd)
pci1022,7459
iscsi, instance #0 (driver name: iscsi)
pseudo, instance #0 (driver name: pseudo)
options, instance #0 (driver name: options)
xsvc, instance #0 (driver name: xsvc)
objmgr, instance #0 (driver name: objmgr)
used-resources
cpus
cpu, instance #0
cpu, instance #1
cpu, instance #2
cpu, instance #3
Alguma idéia de como configurar a porta 3?
Baseado em sua informação prtconf você tem 2 interfaces nge (nge0 e nge1), e duas interfaces e1000g (e1000g0 e e1000g1).
Tente encaná-los e eles devem funcionar.
ifconfig e1000g0 plumb
ifconfig e1000g1 plumb
Em uma nota lateral, se você tiver o Solaris 10, será mais fácil verificar as interfaces de rede com dladm show-dev