How to configure IPv6 correctly in IPv4 network

Question

Hi,
I have installed two Solaris 10 using the jumpstart with IPv6 option.
After installation IPv6 is configured but /etc/hosts file is not updated:
+[root@sun1 /]# ifconfig -a+
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
bge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 10.160.19.47 netmask fffffe00 broadcast 10.160.19.255
ether 0:14:4f:0:46:1e
lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128
bge0: flags=2004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2
inet6 fe80::214:4fff:fe00:461e/10
ether 0:14:4f:0:46:1e
+[root@sun1 /]# cat /etc/hosts+
+#+
+# Internet host table+
+#+
+::1 localhost+
+127.0.0.1 localhost+
+10.160.19.47 sun1 loghost+
+[root@sun1 /]#+
How should be updated /etc/hosts to have IPv6 host name?
Is it correct that I can assign IPv6 address to the same IPv4 host name? I mean:
fe80::214:4fff:fe00:461e sun1
Or maybe should I use different IPv6 host name than IPv4 host name?
Kind regards,
Daniel Dragan

Answer 1

I suspect you've forgotten to configure the fe80:: network configuration to your non-global zone. Go back into zonecfg and do something like:
add net
set address=fe80::15/10
set physical=e1000g0
end
Then, the shared-ip non-global zone will respond to neighbor solicitation requests.
I know it's been a few months; hopefully you've figured this out already.
- Geoff