[suse-sles-e] Intel 10Gb/s NIC Support in SLES10

From: Gordon Ross (G.Ross_at_ccw.gov.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2007 - 10:47:39 CEST


Message-Id: <4625E938.AC0B.0006.3@ccw.gov.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:47:39 +0100
From: "Gordon Ross" <G.Ross@ccw.gov.uk>
Subject: [suse-sles-e] Intel 10Gb/s NIC Support in SLES10

I've installed an Intel 10Gb/s CX4 NIC into an HP DL385 server running
SLES10.

lspci reports the card as:

06:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 109e (rev
02)

According to the Intel site, the 10Gb/s card uses the ixgb driver.

doing a "modprobe ixgb" gives the following in /var/log/messages:

Apr 18 09:33:44 hq-hls1 kernel: Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Network Driver -
version 1.0.100-k2-NAPI
Apr 18 09:33:44 hq-hls1 kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Intel
Corporation.

But no new device is listed in ifconfig -a

A search on support.novell.com for ixgb reveals patches for SLES9 to
update the drive to support 10gb, but nothing for SLES10.

Is this card support in the stock SLES10, or do I need to use the Intel
Linux driver ?

GTG

-- 
Gordon Ross,
Network Manager/Rheolwr Rhydwaith
Countryside Council for Wales/Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru
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