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3. Quick-Start Installation Instructions
Once the WIndows or Linux NIC installation is complete as described in the previous tables, the following
procedures in
Table 7
can be used to enable the Linux LSA driver.
Table 7 Quick Start Instructions — Enabling Linux LSA Driver
Enabling Linux LSA Driver
Note: the Linux NIC driver must be installed before executing the procedure below.
1. Untar the file, build, and load the drivers.
tar xzf [version]-lsa.tar.gz
cd [version]-lsa
make
cd driver
insmod ./nx_intercept.ko
insmod ./nx_lsa.ko
2. To verify the LSA driver is operating, execute the following command:
cat /proc/net/nx_nic/lsa_1/stats
3. Example for offloading iperf.
cd ../nxoffload
./nxoffload –a –n iperf
4. To display the current offload rules execute the following:
./nxoffload -s
