DELL2850 server RedhatLinux9 system NIC Driver Installation experience

DELL2850 server RedhatLinux9 system NIC Driver Installation experience-Linux Enterprise Application-Linux server application information, the following is a detailed reading. After the Redhat Linux 9 system is installed on the DELL PowerEdge 2850 server a few days ago, the NIC cannot be driven. For server applications, the normal use of NICS is crucial. After reading the DELL official materials and personally testing the results, I will share my experiences.

1. Download the driver from the DELL official website, which is about 6 MB in size. In fact, this is not required. For the DELL 2850server, only the e1000-5.7.6.tar.gz file contains more than 100 kb in size, you only need to copy the file to a floppy disk;

2. Insert the floppy disk into the server's floppy Drive and run the following command to mount it: mount/dev/fdo/mnt/floppy;

3rd copy the e1000-5.7.6.tar.gz under the soft disk to the hard disk, assuming to/root, execute the following command: cp/mnt/floppy/e1000-5.7.6.tar.gz/root;

4, you can decompress, execute the following command: tar-xzvf e1000-5.7.6.tar.gz;

5, enter the directory after decompression, need to execute: cd/root/e1000-5.7.6/src;

6. Execute the compilation command: make install;

7. Load the NIC module (this is written on the official website and is not very familiar with this command). Run the command: insmod e1000;

8. Restart the server. If the preceding command is correct, a prompt page is displayed. Press any key to enter the other interface to configure the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, DNS, and so on, of course, you can also choose to automatically obtain from the DHCP server. The settings in this window are similar to those in XP. It is worth mentioning that the window displayed during configuration is garbled, but the operation is not affected;

9. After the configuration is complete, enter the system and you will be able to access the Internet. The NIC configuration is complete.