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Binding the IP addresses of the hosted organization to the xSP server
If you assign an individual IP address to each hosted organization, use one of the following procedures to bind the IP address of each hosted organization to the network interface card in the xSP server. This procedure applies only to configurations that include unique IP addresses.

For more information on the IP configurations that you can use in a hosted environment, see the topic Planning the IP Address configurations.

SUN Solaris

Enter these commands as the root user, where <hme0> is the network interface card.

ifconfig <hme0>:1 plumb

ifconfig <hme0>:1 <hosted_company1_ip> <server_ip> up

ifconfig <hme0>:2 plumb

ifconfig <hme0>:2 <hosted_company2_ip> <server_ip> up

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ifconfig <hme0>:x plumb

ifconfig <hme0>:x <hosted_companyx_ip> <server_ip> up

IBM AIX

Enter the following command as the root user, where <en0> is the network interface card.

ifconfig <en0> alias <IP address of hosted organization> netmask 255.0.0.0

Microsoft Windows 2000

1. From the Windows 2000 desktop, right-click the Network Neighborhood desktop icon and choose Properties.

2. Right-click the Ethernet adapter, and then select Properties.

3. From the Adapter Properties box, double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

4. Click Advanced.

5. Click Add to add additional hosted organization IP addresses. Accept the default subnet mask of 255.0.0.0.

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