Qlogic InfiniPath, Install Manual

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3 – Software Installation
Configuring the InfiniPath Drivers
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/usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
3.8.2.1
ipath_ether
Configuration on Fedora and RHEL4
These configuration steps will cause the
ipath_ether
network interfaces to be
automatically configured when you next reboot the system. These instructions are
for the
Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
distributions.
Typically on servers there are two Ethernet devices present, numbered as 0 (
eth0
)
and 1 (
eth1
). This example assumes we create a third device,
eth2
.
NOTE: When multiple InfiniPath chips are present, the configuration for
eth3
,
eth4
, and so on follow the same format as for adding
eth2
in the
examples below.
1. Check for the number of Ethernet drivers you currently have by either one of
the two following commands :
$ ifconfig -a
$ ls /sys/class/net
As mentioned above we assume that two Ethernet devices (numbered 0 and
1) are already present.
2. Edit the file
/etc/modprobe.conf
(as root) by adding the following line:
alias eth2 ipath_ether
3. Create or edit the following file (as root).
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2
If you are using DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol), add the following
lines to
ifcfg-eth2
:
# QLogic Interconnect Ethernet
DEVICE=eth2
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
If you are using static IP addresses, use the following lines instead, substituting
your own IP address for the sample one given here
.
The normal matching
netmask is shown.
# QLogic Interconnect Ethernet
DEVICE=eth2
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=YES
IPADDR=192.168.5.101 #Substitute your IP address here
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"#Normal matching netmask
TYPE=Ethernet