Download and Install the Driver on a Linux Platform

If your system uses the Red Hat or SUSE Linux operating system, you must download the ixgbe device driver to install it.

1. Log in to your system.

2. In a browser, go to this location:

   http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/

3. Select the following product:

   Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port Server Adapter

4. Select this option:

   Download drivers and software

5. Select Linux as the operating system.

6. Locate the following driver and select Download:

   Network Adapter Driver for PCI-E 10 Gigabit Network Connections under Linux

7. Review and accept the software license agreement.

8. Select this option:

   Download Network Adapter Driver for PCI-E 10 Gigabit Network Connections under Linux

   The download begins. The file named ixgbe-x.x.x.x.tar.gz is saved in the ~/Desktop directory of your system.

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   Note - The primary driver link is a buildable source archive that works with Linux 2.6.x kernels only and requires that the currently running kernel match the SRC RPM kernel files and headers in order to build the driver. See the bundled README file in the unpacked archive from Intel for more information.

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   For this example assume that the file is named ixgbe-2.0.38.2.tar.gz. The actual file might have different version or subversion numbers.

9. Copy the file containing the driver from ~/Desktop to /temp.

10. Uncompress and untar the file:

    # tar -zxvf ixgbe-2.0.38.2.tar.gz

11. Go to the newly created src directory:

    # cd /temp/ixgbe-2.0.38.2/src

12. Compile the driver source file:

    # make
    # make install

13. Load the ixgbe driver:

    # modprobe ixgbe

14. Verify that the ixgbe driver has been successfully installed:

    # lsmod | grep ixgbe

    The output should be similar to the following:

    ixgbe          118052  0

15. Check the ixgbe driver version:

    # modinfo ixgbe | grep ver

    For example, the output might be the following:

    filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko
    version:        2.0.38.2ro
    description:    Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver
    srcversion:     5CFF6AEBA251050F8A4B746
    vermagic:       2.6.18-53.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1 

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