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Driver Installation
Appendix A
Network Application Platforms
On Linux
Follow these instructions when installing the Intel®
LAN controller base driver for the in Red Hat® and Linux
operating system.
Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the
1.
optical drive and mount the optional drive in the Linux
platform.
Copy the base driver tar file from the motherboard/
2.
system support CD to the directory of your local hard
disk. The Intel® LAN driver for Linux OS is located in the
following directory:
\Driver\LAN_Driver\PRO1000\LINUX. The name format
of driver file is “e1000-<Version>.tar.gz”. For example:
the file name of driver version 7.0.38 is “e1000-7.0.38.
tar.gz”.
Untar/unzip the archive, where <x.x.x> is the version
3.
number for the driver tar file:
tar zxf e1000-<x.x.x>.tar.gz
Change to the driver src directory on your system,
4.
where <x.x.x> is the version number for the driver tar:
cd e1000-<x.x.x>/src/
Compile the driver module by typing the following
5.
command:
make install
The binary will be installed as:
6.
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/
e1000.o
The install locations listed above are the default
locations. They might not be correct for certain Linux
distributions.
Load the module using either the insmod or modprobe
7.
command:
modprobe igb
insmod igb
Note that for 2.6 kernels the insmod command
can be used if the full path to the driver module is specified.
For example:
insmod /lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/kernel/
drivers/net/igb/igb.ko
With 2.6 based kernels also make sure that older
igb drivers are removed from the kernel, before loading
the new module:
rmmod igb; modprobe igb
Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the
8.
following, where <x> is the interface number:
ifconfig eth<x> <IP_address>
Verify that the interface works. Enter the following,
9.
where <IP_address> is the IP address for another
machine on the same subnet as the interface that is
being tested:
ping <IP_address>
Note: The system uses Intel 82574L Ethernet
controllers, you could obtain the latest drivers at
the Intel download center:
http://www.intel.com/products/ethernet/
