Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 74)

Install Using KMP RPM
NOTE: KMP is only supported on RHEL 6 and SLES11.
The KMP RPMs update existing igb RPMs currently installed on the system. These updates are provided by SuSE in
the SLES release. If an RPM does not currently exist on the system, the KMP will not install.
The RPMs are provided for supported Linux distributions. The naming convention for the included RPMs is:
intel-<component name>-<component version>.<arch type>.rpm
For example, intel-igb-1.3.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm: igb is the component name; 1.3.8.6-1 is the component version; and x86_
64 is the architecture type.
KMP RPMs are provided for supported Linux distributions. The naming convention for the included KMP RPMs is:
intel-<component name>-kmp-<kernel type>-<component version>_<kernel version>.<arch type>.rpm
For example, intel-igb-kmp-default-1.3.8.6_2.6.27.19_5-1.x86_64.rpm: igb is the component name; default is the kernel
type; 1.3.8.6 is the component version; 2.6.27.19_5-1 is the kernel version; and x86_64 is the architecture type.
To install the KMP RPM, type the following two commands:
rpm -i <rpm filename>
rpm -i <kmp rpm filename>
For example, to install the igb KMP RPM package, type the following:
rpm -i intel-igb-1.3.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -i intel-igb-kmp-default-1.3.8.6_2.6.27.19_5-1.x86_64.rpm
Install Using KMOD RPM
The KMOD RPMs are provided for supported Linux distributions. The naming convention for the included RPMs is:
kmod-<driver name>-<version>-1.<arch type>.rpm
For example, kmod-igb-2.3.4-1.x86_64.rpm:
l igb is the driver name
l 2.3.4 is the version
l x86_64 is the architecture type
To install the KMOD RPM, go to the directory of the RPM and type the following command:
rpm -i <rpm filename>
For example, to install the igb KMOD RPM package from RHEL 6.4, type the following:
rpm -i kmod-igb-2.3.4-1.x86_64.rpm
Command Line Parameters
If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are used by entering them on the command line with
the modprobe command using this syntax:
modprobe igb [<option>=<VAL1>,<VAL2>,...]
A value (<VAL#>) must be assigned to each network port in the system supported by this driver. The values are applied
to each instance, in function order. For example:
modprobe igb InterruptThrottleRate=16000,16000
In this case, there are two network ports supported by igb in the system. The default value for each parameter is gen-
erally the recommended setting, unless otherwise noted.