Net Link Shows Different Instance then expected

(Doc ID 1957407.1)

Last updated on JULY 11, 2017

Applies to:

Solaris SPARC Operating System - Version 11.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After power cycle of the server link appeared but with different net link name:

root@otpcapmix001:~# dladm show-phys -L
LINK DEVICE LOC
net0 ixgbe0 /SYS/MB
net1 ixgbe1 /SYS/MB
net17 ixgbe2 /SYS/MB
net18 ixgbe3 /SYS/MB

net17 should be net2 and net18 should be net3

Changes

Reboot of the system.

Cause

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