5 – Software Installation Configuring the InfiniPath Drivers
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4.Check whether the Ethernet driver has been loaded with: $ lsmod grep ipath_ether
5.Verify that the driver is up with: $ ifconfig
ipath_ether Configuration on SLES
The following procedure causes the ipath_ether network interfaces to be automatically configured the next time you reboot the system. These instructions are for the SLES 10 distribution.
Servers typically have two Ethernet devices present, numbered as 0 (eth0) and 1 (eth1). This example creates a third device, eth2.
NOTE:
When multiple QLogic HCAs are present, the configuration for eth3, eth4, and so on follow the same format as for adding eth2 in the following example. Similarly, in Step 2, add one to the unit number (replace .../00/guid with /01/guid for the second QLogic interface), and so on.
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique identifier attached to most forms of networking equipment. Step 2 determines the MAC address to use, and will be referred to as $MAC in the subsequent steps. $MAC must be replaced in each case with the string printed in Step 2.
As the root user, perform the following steps:
1.Be sure that the ipath_ether module is loaded:
#lsmod grep
2.Determine the MAC address that will be used:
#sed ’s/^\(..:..:..\):..:../\1/’ \
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ib_ipath/00/guid
NOTE:
When cutting and pasting commands such as the above from PDF documents, the quotes are special characters and may not be translated correctly.
The output should appear similar to this (six hex digit pairs, separated by colons):