6.3.2Red Hat

Follow these instructions when installing the Intel® LAN controller base driver for the in Red Hat® operating system.

Before installing the LAN driver:

Before installing the LAN driver, you must install the kernel development application. To install the kernel development:

1.Insert the Linux OS installation CD Disk 1 to the optical drive.

2.Double click Application > System setting > Add / Remove application.

3.Select Kernel Development from the Development Tools.

4.Follow the later steps and add different CDs according to the instructions displayed.

Building the driver from the TAR file:

1.Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive and mount the optional drive in the Linux platform.

2.Copy the base driver tar file from the motherboard/system support CD to the directory of your local hard disk. The name format of driver file is e1000- <Version>.tar.gz.

For example: the file name of driver version 7.0.38 is e1000-7.0.38.tar.gz.

•The Intel® LAN driver for Linux OS is located in:

\Drivers\INTEL 82563EB\PRO1000\LINUX

3.Untar or unzip the archive. tar zxf e1000-x.x.x.tar.gz

4.Change to the driver src directory. cd e1000-x.x.x/src/

5.Use the command “makeinstall” to compile the driver module. makeinstall

6.After reboot the system, please refer to Linux distribution documentation to configure the network protocol and IP address.

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