SS1 ethernet MAC address...

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_netapp.com>
Date: Thu Aug 23 14:34:04 2001

>FWIW I haven't been able to determine any significant relationship between
>the serial number of the machine and its hostid, or even between the
>latter and the barcode on top of the NVRAM itself.

The hostid does however indicate processor type and some versions of
solaris will try to guess what packages you want based on the architecture.

--Chuck
Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 14:34:04 BST