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Bug ID 4699003
Synopsis in.mpathd should squawk if interfaces in a group have the same hwaddr
State 10-Fix Delivered (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory network:ipmp
Keywords
Responsible Engineer Peter Memishian
Reported Against s10_12
Duplicate Of
Introduced In
Commit to Fix snv_107
Fixed In snv_107
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_107)
Related Bugs 6783149 , 6783150
Submit Date 7-June-2002
Last Update Date 28-January-2009
Description 
 xxxxx@xxxxx.com 2002-06-07

A common mistake when running IPMP is to forget to assign all of the interfaces
in the group unique MAC addresses.   As such, it would be a nice improvement 
in.mpathd checked for this up front and displayed a helpful message if the MAC
addresses for interfaces in a given group are not unique.
Work Around 
N/A
Comments 
"Fix Affects Documentation" is checked because the new message
generated by in.mpathd is documented in the DIAGNOSTICS section
of its manpage.  This manpage change is covered by 6783150.