AIX - How to get IP and MAC address of ethernet adapter in AIX

AIX - How to get IP and MAC address of ethernet adapter in AIX

 
Question : How to get MAC address of ethernet adapter in AIX?
Answer : "netstat -v" command can be used to obtain MAC address of ethernet adapter in AIX. Search for "Hardware address" value for MAC address for specific ethernet adapter from output of "netstat -v". Alternative, "entstat -d <interface>" command can be used.
Example :
root@server # entstat -d <enX> |egrep 'ETHER|Hard' <-- To get MAC add for specific ethernet
root@server # netstat -v |egrep 'ETHER|Hard' <-- To get MAC add for all ethernet


Question : How to get IP address of ethernet adapter in AIX?
Answer : ifconfig command can be used to obtain IP address and subnet value of network interface in AIX.
Example :
root@server # ifconfig -a <-- To get IP add and subnet of all interface
root@server # ifconfig <enX> <-- To get IP add and subnet of specific interface
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Comment By Filip Hasa - Wed, Mar 9th, 2022 11:36 AM
lscfg -vpl ent0 | grep Address | sed 's/^.*\.//' is beeter way to get it for me. without double dots and small chars
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