Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction PCI Express is the next revolution in I/O interconnect standards that will deliver the bandwidth and features required by PCs, consumer electronics and communications devices. The architecture is a cost-effective, low-pin count, and point-to-point technologies offering maximum bandwidth, reducing cost and design complexity and enabling smaller form factors.
1.4 Package Contents 1 x 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC PCIe card 1 x Driver CD 1 x User Manual Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation Turn off the power to your computer. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot.
2.2 Driver Installation for Windows The following section shows you how to install 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Card driver on Windows operating systems. Insert the provided CD into your disk drive. The CD-ROM will start automatically. The following screen will show up and please click “Install Driver”.
Follow the instructions on screen to install the driver. 2.3 Driver Installation for Linux Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM drive. Extract the compressed driver source file to a certain directory by the following command: (Please copy the driver file “igb-5.3.5.18.tar.gz”...
Panel. Start > Control Panel > Device Manager Entry “Network adapters” item, and you can read “Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection” in the Device Manager. 2.4.2 Verifying for Linux You can check whether the driver is loading by using following commands: MN5000000072 Page 8...
# lsmod | grep igb # ifconfig –a If there is a device name, ethX, shown on the monitor, the linux driver is load. Then, you can use the following command to activate the ethX. # ifconfig ethX up, where X=0,1,2,… Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Tips ...
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Please upgrade your motherboard BIOS to the latest version. If it still not work, contact your motherboard vendor asking the advanced supporting for BIOS updated. The board itself might be defective. You can try another motherboard testing PCIe Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter working or not.
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