Procedure to change adapter Speed ENT / NIC in IBM AIX

1. Work with network to have Ethernet switch port ready and lay network cable.
2. Bring down application and DB if needed.
3. Swap cables
4.

• chdev -l en0 -a state=detach
• chdev -l ent0 -a media_speed=1000_Full_Duplex
• chdev -l en0 -a state=up
• mkdev -l inet0

5. Ping test.