Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 63)

e1000e Linux* Driver for the Intel® Gigabit Adapters
e1000e Overview
This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Gigabit Intel® Network Connections based on the Intel® 82571EB
and 82572EI. This driver supports the 2.6.x and 3.x kernels.
This driver is only supported as a loadable module. Intel is not supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for
static linking of the driver. For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to
System Requirements . All hardware
requirements listed apply to use with Linux.
The following features are now available in supported kernels:
l Native VLANs
l Channel Bonding (teaming)
l SNMP
Adapter teaming is now implemented using the native Linux Channel bonding module. This is included in supported
Linux kernels. Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source: /doc-
umentation/networking/bonding.txt
Use ethtool, lspci, or ifconfig to obtain driver information. Instructions on updating the ethtool can be found in the Addi-
tional Configurations section later in this page.
e1000e Linux Base Driver Supported Adapters
The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the e1000e driver in this release:
Controller Adapter Name Board IDs
82571EB Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter C57721-xxx
82572EI Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter D28777-xxx and E55239-xxx
82572EI Intel PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter D28779-xxx
To verify your adapter is supported, find the board ID number on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a
number in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). Match this to the list of numbers above.
For more information on how to identify your adapter or for the latest network drivers for Linux, see Customer Support .
Building and Installation
There are three methods for installing the e1000e driver:
l Install from Source Code
l Install Using KMP RPM
l Install Using KMOD RPM
Install from Source Code
To build a binary RPM* package of this driver, run 'rpmbuild -tb <filename.tar.gz>'. Replace <filename.tar.gz> with the
specific filename of the driver.
NOTES:
l For the build to work properly it is important that the currently running kernel MATCH the version and con-
figuration of the installed kernel source. If you have just recompiled your kernel, reboot the system and
choose the correct kernel to boot.
l RPM functionality has only been tested in Red Hat distributions.