FILE NAME: e1000-5.2.16b-1.src.rpm TITLE: HP ProLiant NC61XX/NC71XX Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Linux VERSION: 5.2.16b LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP NC6132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6133 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6134 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6170 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7131 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7170 Gigabit Server Adapter OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem) Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem) Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - QU2 - Errata kernel 2.4.9-e.27 (SMP,UP and Enterprise) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7) - Errata kernel 2.4.18-280 (SMP) - Errata kernel 2.4.18-280 (UP) Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition, SCO Linux 4.0, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and Turbolinux 8 all powered by UnitedLinux 1.0. - Service Pack 3 NOTE: HP highly recommends to our customers that are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on ProLiant servers to also install Update 1 (2.4.21-9.EL kernel) or greater. More details are located here: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html. NOTE: For Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional BigMem installations, the system needs to be pre-configured before setting up the kernel sources and building the NIC and intermediate drivers. Refer to the Customer Advisory EU030812_CW01 for details on how to pre-configure the system. To access the customer advisory, visit www.hp.com and search for EU030812_CW01. PREREQUISITES: Pentium-based computer 256MB RAM minimum Latest HP system ROM Note: Visit the following URL to upgrade the ROM http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files (select ProLiant from the server column) EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/23/04 SUPERSEDES: e1000-5.0.43c-1.src.rpm DESCRIPTION: This RPM Package contains the HP Tested and Approved Linux e1000 driver for use with the Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: - None Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Kernel Source Code Setup Installing the RPM Package Limitations Introduction ============ This file describes the Linux driver for the HP Gigabit Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section. After installation additional information can be found in the MAN page for e1000, and in the RELEASE.TXT file located at: For Red Hat: /usr/share/doc/e1000-/README For SuSE SLES7: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README For UnitedLinux 1.0: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/networking/nics/index.html NOTE: The entries in /proc/net/PRO_LAN_Adapters, currently provided by the HP ProLiant NC61XX/NC71XX Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver, will not be available after 2003. Most of the information being provided in these /proc entries will be obtainable through the ethtool utility. Packaging ========= The driver is released in a source RPM format. The file name for the package is e1000-.src.rpm and is dependent on the kernel source code. If you have not installed the kernel source code and/or setup the source tree on your Linux system refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section below. The steps in the following sections "Kernel Source Code Setup" and "Installing the RPM Package" have to be executed first time a new kernel is booted. Kernel Source Code Setup ======================== The e1000 driver requires the presence of the kernel source code and configuring the kernel source before building the e1000 driver. The following steps need to be done once for each kernel that is booted. For example, if the current kernel is UP (uni-processor) and an SMP (symmetrical-multi-processor) kernel is booted, these steps must be performed again to configure the kernel source for SMP before building the e1000 driver for the SMP kernel. Red Hat installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per Red Hat instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to configure the kernel source to match the running kernel. # cd /usr/src/linux- # make mrproper # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` oldconfig # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` dep UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per SuSE instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to set up the kernel source tree. # cd /usr/src/linux-.SuSE # make mrproper # make cloneconfig # make dep SuSE SLES 7 Installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per SuSE instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to set up the kernel source tree. # cd /usr/src/linux-.SuSE # cp /boot/vmlinuz.config .config # cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h include/linux/version.h # cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h include/linux/autoconf.h # make oldconfig # make dep Installing the RPM Package ============================= 1. This package requires the kernel source code as well as setting up the source tree. Verify the source code /usr/src/linux- directory exists. # cd /usr/src/linux- If the kernel source code is not present, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section. 2. Install the source RPM package. # rpm -ivh e1000-.src.rpm 3. Build the binary RPM for the e1000 driver. Red Hat Installation: # cd /usr/src/redhat # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e1000.spec SuSE SLES7 and UnitedLinux Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpm -bb SPECS/e1000.spec If you get an error during the build process, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section to correctly setup the source tree. 4. Check for the existence of a current version of the e1000 package as follows: # rpm -q e1000 If an old version of the package exists, the RPM package should be removed. # rpm -e e1000 Verify that the old e1000 package has been removed as follows: # rpm -q e1000 5. Install the new RPM package. This installs the e1000 driver and man page. Do not use the U (Upgrade) flag in the RPM command below - previous e1000 drivers must be removed as described in step 4 above before installing this version. Dependency Information: Note that the "sed" utility is required to succesfully install the e1000 rpm package. Ensure that for Red Hat and UnitedLinux 1.0 systems, the sed-.rpm package is installed before running the following commands. On SuSE SLES7, the sed utility /bin/sed should be installed as a part of the base installation itself. # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-.i386.rpm The e1000.o module is installed in the following directory: Red Hat 8.0 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net Red Hat 7.3 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net Red Hat 7.2 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net Red Hat EL 3 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net Red Hat EL 2.1 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net SuSE SLES7 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net UnitedLinux 1.0 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net 6. Configure your network setting and address. You may need to refer to your Linux vendor documentation. Helpful network configuration tools such as "yast" in SLES 7 or linuxconf/ksconfig (KDE)/redhat- config-network (GNOME)/netconfig (ncurses) in Red Hat exist for easy configuration. 7. Ensure that the /etc/modules.conf file is configured similar to the example listed below. The example below is presented as if more than one adapter is present. If so, one eth# instance should exist for each ethernet port. Refer to the modules.conf man page for more information. alias eth0 e1000 alias eth1 e1000 8. You can now reboot your server. Upon reboot the network should start with the e1000 driver loaded and the correct network configuration. To verify that the e1000 driver is loaded use the following command. # lsmod If e1000 is listed then the e1000 driver is loaded. You can also verify that the correct e1000 driver is loaded through any of the following methods. Note that version of the driver loaded should be same as that of the package version. 1. Look for driver load messages in the system log. #dmesg | grep Intel You should see messages of the following type, Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version x.x.x 2. Check the /var/log/messages file for a similar message as indicated in method 1. Limitations =========== Some Linux distributions may not add the default route back to a specified network device when a network stop/start command is used. Use the route command to add the default router back to the network device. Some Linux distributions may not add the default assigned IP address back to a specified network device when using the following: ifconfig eth(x) down rmmod insmod ifconfig eth(x) up Another step to reassign the IP address back to the device may be required: ifconfig eth(x) Some Linux distributions may add multiple IP addresses with the same system name in the /etc/hosts file when configuring multiple network devices. An error regarding the "PCI_BUS_SPEED" may also be encountered. 33MHz is displayed for 33MHz bus speeds, however 66MHz speed will be reported for 50MHz and 100MHz PCI-X busses as well as 66MHz PCI busses Uninstalling the RPM ==================== The following command will uninstall the e1000 RPM. # rpm -e e1000- Copyright 2002, 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies