Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card Or A Cna Card - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual

Note: In the command lines, lxdrv represents the name of the folder that the drive is stored.
update.sh represents the driver name. Use the corresponding file name on your server.
• For the file with the .rpm extension:
cd /tmp
cd rpms-2
rpm-ivh *.rpm
Note: In the command lines, rpms-2 represents the name of the folder that the drive is stored. *.rpm
represents the drive name. Use the corresponding file name on your server.
4. Restart your server.

Installing the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card

This topic provides instructions on installing the following Ethernet cards:
• Server Adapter I350-T2
• Server Adapter I350-T4
• Server Adapter X520-DA2
• Server Adapter X520-SR2
• Server Adapter X540-T2
• Server Adapter 4 xGbE RJ45
• Server Adapter 2x10 GbE SFP Ports CNA
• Server Adapter 2 x 10 GbE RJ45 ports CNA
To install the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card, do the following:
1. Download the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a
compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect
the USB storage device to your server.
2. Log in to the operating system and copy the folder from your USB storage device to the /tmp directory
on your server.
3. Use the following commands to install the driver:
cd /tmp
tar zxvf ixgbe-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
cd igb -x.x.x.x/src
make install
Notes:
• If the file extension is not .tar.gz, skip the second command.
• In the command lines, igb-x.x.x.x represents the driver name. x.x.x.x represents the driver file version.
Use the corresponding file name on your server.
4. Restart your server.
5. Click Computer. Then, click YaST in the right menu.
6. In the YaST Control Center window, click Network Devices on the left, and then click Network Settings.
7. In the Network Settings window, all the Ethernet cards are displayed. Select the one you want to
configure, and then click Edit.
8. In the Network Card Setup window, select Statically assigned IP Address.
9. In the IP Address and Subnet Mask area, input your desired configuration, and then click Next.
10. Repeat the previous steps when necessary to configure other Ethernet cards.
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