Dell PowerEdge 7250 - Manual (Page 7)

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• For systems that will use the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 operating system, install the service
partition after installing the operating system.
• The EFI partition should be at least 200 MB in size to install the service partition.
Hot-Plug Operation Not Supported for PERC 4/DC
Your system supports hot-plug expansion card removal and installation only if both the operating
system and the particular expansion card support this feature. The PERC 4/DC RAID controller
does not support hot-plug installation or removal, although the Windows operating system may
indicate that this card supports hot-plug removal.
Array Manager Not Supported
The Array Manager configuration software for PERC 4/DC is not supported on this system.
Essential Software Update: Install Latest NIC Drivers
To avoid potential system instability issues, install the latest NIC drivers from the resource CD
supplied with your system. Updated drivers are included for the integrated NIC and the Intel
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Pro 1000 MT and Pro 1000 MF NIC cards.
Systems Using Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Use Device Manager to replace the default driver for each NIC with the updated drivers.
Systems Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
The Linux folder on the resource CD contains the following 3 packages:
• Intel_LAN_70_RHLinux3_DKMS_RHEL3_IA64_A00.tar.gz. This package provides the
e1000 and ians drivers in a DKMS-compliant RPM format.
• Intel_LAN_70_RHLinux3_src_A00.tar.gz. This file contains the Linux Source Code for the
e1000 and ians modules.
• Intel_LAN_70_RHLinux3_DKMS_BIN_IA64_A00.tar.gz: This file contains the Dell binary-
only DKMS RPMs for e1000 and ians modules. This file supports a very limited set of kernels
(2.4.21-4, 2.4.21-9, and 2.4.21-9.0.2 as supplied by Red Hat) and is only intended for
organizations that follow a "no source" policy.
To install the drivers:
1 Copy the binary DKMS RPM from the resource CD to a directory on your hard drive.
2 Change to that directory and extract the file using the following command:
tar –xzvf < filename>
3 If DKMS is not already installed on your system, download DKMS from the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.