C H A P T E R 2 |
Installing and Setting Up the Device Driver Software |
The ixgbe device driver software comes bundled with Solaris software. This chapter explains how to verify the ixgbe device driver software is present on an x86 or SPARC system that uses the Solaris OS, and how to download and install the ixgbe driver on Solaris, Linux and Microsoft Windows systems. This chapter contains the following sections:
Note - Please see the latest Release Notes for information about which versions of the Solaris OS support the driver for this product. |
The driver for this product comes bundled with the versions of the Solaris OS that support it. Therefore, downloading of the driver is not required.
Check the version of the driver to ensure the Sun PCI Express card is properly loaded and is recognized by the Solaris OS.
To Check the Driver Version on a Solaris Platform |
Check that the version of the ixgbe driver is no older than 1.0.4:
Note - If the version number is older than 1.0.4, you must install the latest driver patch. See Patches and Updates. |
To Install the Driver for a Solaris Platform |
The driver comes bundled with the Solaris OS. However, check for and install the latest patches.
Apply the necessary patch to get the latest driver.
To Remove the Driver for a Solaris Platform |
If your system uses the RedHat or SuSe Linux operating system, you must download the ixgbe device driver to install it.
To Download the Driver for a Linux Platform |
2. With a browser, go to this location:
http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/10gbe/srdualserverxpr/
3. Select the following product:
Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port ExpressModule
5. Select Linux as the operating system.
6. Locate the following driver and select Download:
Network Adapter Driver for 10 GbE PCI-E Based Network Connections for Linux
7. Review and accept the software license agreement.
Download Network Adapter Driver for 10 GbE PCI-E Based Network Connections for Linux
The download begins. The file named ixgbe-x.x.x.x.tar.gz is saved in the ~/Desktop directory of your system.
To Install the Driver for a Linux Platform |
For this procedure, assume the file is file is named ixgbe-1.3.16.1.tar.gz. The actual file might have different version or subversion numbers.
1. Copy the file containing the driver from ~/Desktop to /temp.
2. Uncompress and untar the file.
3. Go to the newly created src directory:
4. Compile the driver source file with these commands:
5. Load the ixgbe driver with the modprobe command:
6. Verify that the ixgbe driver has been successfully installed with this lsmod command:
The output should be similar to the following:
7. Check the ixgbe driver version with this modinfo command:
For example, the output might be the following:
To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform |
If your system uses the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, perform the following procedures to download and install the device driver.
To Download and Install the Driver on a Microsoft Windows Platform |
2. With a browser, go to this location:
http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/10gbe/srdualserverxpr/
3. Select the following product:
Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port ExpressModule
5. Select one of the following as the operating system:
6. Locate one of the following and select Download next to it:
7. Review and accept the software license agreement.
8. Select one of the following to start the download:
9. Click on the following exe files to install the driver:
10. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
11. If the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed, click Cancel.
The autorun automatically runs after you have extracted the files.
To Remove the Driver From a Microsoft Windows Platform |
1. From the Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
2. Select Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers.
4. When the confirmation dialog displays, click OK.
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