If your server uses the Red Hat or SUSE Linux OS, you must download the i40e device driver to install it.
Network Adapter Driver for PCI-E 10 Gigabit Network Connections under Linux
The download begins. The file named i40e-x.x.xx.tar.gz is saved in the ~/Desktop directory of your server.
For this example, assume that the file is named i40e-1.2.3.4.tar.gz. The actual file might have different version or subversion numbers.
# tar -zxvf i40e-1.2.3.4.tar.gz
# cd /temp/i40e-1.2.3.4/src
# make # make install
# modprobe i40e
# lsmod | grep i40e
The output should be similar to this:
i40e 118052 0
# modinfo i40e | grep ver
For example, the output might be similar to this:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/net/i40e/i40e.ko version: 1.2.3.4ro description: Intel(R) Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver srcversion: 5CFF6AEBA251050F8A4B746 vermagic: 2.6.18-53.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1