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Driver Installation
Appendix B
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/