To install the driver for a linux platform – Sun Microsystems 5945532 User Manual

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Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe ExpressModule User’s Guide • August 2008

4. Select this option:

Download drivers and software

5. Select Linux as the operating system.

6. Locate the following driver and select Download:

Network Adapter Driver for 10 GbE PCI-E Based Network Connections for Linux

7. Review and accept the software license agreement.

8. Select this option:

Download Network Adapter Driver for 10 GbE PCI-E Based Network
Connections for Linux

The download begins. The file named ixgbe-1.3.16.1.tar.gz is saved in the
~/Desktop

directory of your system.

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To Install the Driver for a Linux Platform

1. Copy the file containing the driver from ~/Desktop to /temp.

The file is named ixgbe-1.3.16.1.tar.gz.

2. Uncompress and untar the file with this command:

3. Go to the newly created src directory:

4. Compile the driver source file with these commands:

5. Load the ixgbe driver with the modprobe command:

# tar -zxvf ixgbe-1.3.16.1.tar.gz

# cd /temp/ixgbe-1.3.16.1/src

# make

# make install

# modprobe ixgbe