Linux Installation Instructions
RedHat Enterprise Linux Distributions
These instructions cover installation and configuration of the SMC Server Adapter on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 distributions (RHEL4 and RHEL5).
1.Install the RPMs. The following is an example for Red Hat Enterprise 4:
[root@myhost1 i686]# rpm
2.There are two tools that can be used for configuring the SMC Server Adapter:
a.SMC recommends using the Network Administration Tool ("neat") to configure the new network interface. Neat is a
b.Alternatively the command line program "kudzu" can be used. However, you may find when kudzu is run that you are NOT presented with an option to configure the new network interface. If this occurs, carefully clear details of the SMC Server Adapter from the hardware database by removing all entries with "vendor id: 1924" in etc/sysconfig/hwconf. Rerunning kudzu should now provide an option to configure the newly added network interface.
3.Apply the new network settings:
a."neat" provides an option to "Activate" the new interface. The new network interface can then be used immediately (there is no need to reboot or restart the network service).
b.If you are not using "neat," you will need to reboot or restart the networking service ([root@myhost1 i686]# service network restart) before the new SMC interface can be used.
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server distributions
These instructions cover installation and configuration of the SMC Server Adapter on Suse Linux Enterprise Sever 9 and 10 distributions (SLES9 and SLES10).
1.The SMC drivers are currently classified as "unsupported" by Suse Enterprise Linux 10. To allow unsupported drivers to load in SLES10, edit the file “/etc/ sysconfig/hardware/config.” Find the line:
LOAD_UNSUPPORTED_MODULES_AUTOMATICALLY=no and change it to
LOAD_UNSUPPORTED_MODULES_AUTOMATICALLY=yes
