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3 – Software Installation
Configuring the InfiniPath Drivers
This will cause the
system startup. To check your configuration, and make the
driver available immediately, use the command (as root):
# /sbin/ifup eth2
4. Check whether the Ethernet driver has been loaded with:
$ lsmod | grep ipath_ether
5. Verify that the driver is up with:
$ ifconfig -a
3.8.2.2
ipath_ether Configuration on SUSE 9.3, SLES 9, and SLES 10
These configuration steps will cause the ipath_ether network interfaces to be
automatically configured when you next reboot the system. These instructions are
for the
Typically on servers there are two Ethernet devices present, numbered as 0 (eth0)
and 1 (eth1). This example assumes we create a third device, eth2.
NOTE:
Step 3 is applicable only to SLES 10; it is required because SLES 10 uses a newer
version of the
NOTE:
The following steps must all be executed as the root user.
1. Be sure that the ipath_ether module is loaded:
# lsmod | grep -q ipath_ether || modprobe ipath_ether
2. Determine the MAC address that will be used:
# sed 's/^\(..:..:..\):..:../\1/' \
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ib_ipath/00/guid
NOTE:
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ipath_ether
SUSE 9.3, SLES 9 and SLES 10
When multiple InfiniPath chips are present, the configuration for eth3,
eth4, and so on follow the same format as for adding eth2 in the
examples below. Similarly , in step 2, add one to the unit number, so
replace
.../00/guid
and so on.
subsystem.
udev
The MAC address (media access control address) is a unique identifier
attached to most forms of networking equipment. Step 2 below
determines the MAC address to use, and will be referred to as $MAC in
the subsequent steps. $MAC must be replaced in each case with the
string printed in step 2.
Care should be taken when cutting and pasting commands such as
the above from PDF documents, as quotes are special characters
and may not be translated correctly.
Ethernet driver to be loaded and configured during
distributions.
with
for the second InfiniPath interface,
/01/guid
Q
Ethernet
ipath_ether
IB0056101-00 C
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