To change the IP on a Solaris 10 Operating Systems, edit these two files:

  1. /etc/hosts
  2. /etc/inet/ipnodes

To change the hostname, edit these files:

  1. /etc/hosts
  2. /etc/nodename
  3. /etc/hostname.<interface name>

<interface name> is the driver name followed by the instance number of the interface. ie. hme0, bge0, ce0, qfe0

Lastly, before the reboot run: uname -S ‘hostname’