FILE NAME: e100-3.1.4q-1.src.rpm TITLE: HP NC31xx Fast Ethernet NIC Driver For Linux VERSION: 3.1.4q LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP NC3120 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3122 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3123 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3131 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3132 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3133 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3134 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3135 Fast Ethernet Adapter HP NC3163 Fast Ethernet Adapter OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for AMD64 - Update 4 + errata kernel 2.4.21-27 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for x86 - Update 4 + errata kernel 2.4.21-27 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 - Errata kernel 2.6.5-7.111.5 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for x86 - Errata kernel 2.6.5-7.111.5 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64 - SP3 + errata kernel 2.4.21-261 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for x86 - SP3 + errata kernel 2.4.21-261 PREREQUISITES: ProLiant server supporting one of the above operating systems 256MB RAM minimum Latest HP system ROM Note: Visit the following URL to upgrade the ROM http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files (select ProLiant from the server column) EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/05/2005 SUPERSEDES: e100-3.1.4a-1.src.rpm DESCRIPTION: This RPM Package contains the HP Tested and Approved Linux e100 driver for use with HP Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: - Tested on new distributions - Changes required to build on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Kernel Source Code Setup Installing the RPM Package Limitations Known Issue Introduction ============ This file describes the Linux driver for the HP Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section. After installation additional information can be found in the MAN page for e100, and in the README file located at: Note: The manual page of e100 and README files are not yet updated with information related to SLES 9. For Red Hat: /usr/share/doc/e100- For SLES 8/9: /usr/share/doc/packages/e100 User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/networking/nics/index.html Packaging ========= The driver is released in a source RPM format. The file name for the package is e100-.src.rpm and is dependent on the kernel source code. If you have not installed the kernel source code and/or setup the source tree on your Linux system, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section below. The steps in the following sections "Kernel Source Code Setup" and "Installing the RPM Package" have to be executed the first time a new kernel is booted. Kernel Source Code Setup ======================== The e100 driver requires the presence of the kernel source code and configuring the kernel source before building the e100 driver. The following steps need to be done once for each kernel that is booted. For example, if the current kernel is UP (uni-processor) and an SMP (symmetrical-multi-processor) kernel is booted, these steps must be performed again to configure the kernel source for SMP before building the e100 driver for the SMP kernel. Red Hat installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per Red Hat instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to configure the kernel source to match the running kernel. # cd /usr/src/linux- # make mrproper # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` oldconfig # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` dep SLES 8/9 Installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per SUSE instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to set up the kernel source tree. # cd /usr/src/linux- # make mrproper # make cloneconfig # make dep Installing the RPM Package ============================= 1. This package requires the kernel source code as well as setting up the source tree. Verify the source code /usr/src/linux- directory exists. # cd /usr/src/linux- If the kernel source code is not present, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section. Note: Kernel source code setup is not required for Red Hat EL4. Hence ignore this step for RHEL4. 2. Install the source RPM package. # rpm -ivh e100-.src.rpm 3. Build the binary RPM for the e100 driver. Red Hat Installation: # cd /usr/src/redhat # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e100.spec SLES 8 Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpm -bb SPECS/e100.spec SLES 9 Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e100.spec If you get an error during the build process, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section to correctly set up the source tree. 4. Check for the existence of a current version of the e100 package as follows: # rpm -q e100 If an old version of the package exists the RPM package should be removed. # rpm -e e100 Verify that the old e100 package has been removed as follows: # rpm -q e100 5. Install the new RPM package. This installs the e100 driver and man page. Do not use the U (Upgrade) flag in the RPM command below - previous e100 drivers must be removed as described in step 4 above before installing this version. Note to Red Hat users: The e100 driver installed by this RPM supersedes the default eepro100 driver. The existing eepro100 driver will have to be removed prior to installing the e100 driver. This e100 driver has been tested and approved by HP. To rename the existing eepro100 driver, use the following command. # mv /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o.old # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e100-.i386.rpm The e100.o module is installed in the following directory: Red Hat EL 3/4 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net SLES 8/9 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net On 2.6 kernels a e100.ko module will be installed instead of e100.o 6. Configure your network setting and address. You may need to refer to your Linux vendor documentation. Helpful network configuration tools such as "yast2" in SLES 8/9 or linuxconf/redhat-config-network/netconfig in Red Hat exist for easy configuration. For SLES 8/9, user may have to specify the module as e100 while configuring the network. The module can be specified in Hardware Details of Advanced configuration 7. Ensure that the /etc/modules.conf file is configured similar to the example listed below. The example below is presented as if more than one adapter is present. If so, one eth# instance should exist for each ethernet port. Review the modules.conf man page for more information. alias eth0 e100 alias eth1 e100 For SLES 9, the configuration file is /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf.local 8. You can now reboot your server. Upon reboot the network should start with the e100 driver loaded and the correct network configuration. To verify that the e100 driver is loaded use the following command. # lsmod If e100 is listed then the e100 driver is loaded. You can also verify that the correct e100 driver is loaded through any of the following methods. Note that the version of the driver loaded should be same as that of the package version. 1. Look for driver load messages in the system log. #dmesg | grep Intel You should see messages of the following type, Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version x.x.x 2. Check the /var/log/messages file for a similar message as shown in method 1. Note: To load a module in SLES 9 from command line, 'modprobe' is used instead of 'insmod'. Refer to the man pages for lsmod, ifconfig, rmmod, insmod, modprobe, modules.conf and modprobe.conf for more detailed information. Limitations =========== Some Linux distributions may not add the default route back to a specified network device when a network stop/start command is used. Use the route command to add the default router back to the network device. Some Linux distributions may not add the default assigned IP address back to a specified network device when using the following: ifconfig eth(x) down rmmod insmod ifconfig eth(x) up Another step to reassign the IP address back to the device may be required: ifconfig eth(x) Some Linux distributions may add multiple IP addresses with the same system name in the /etc/hosts file when configuring multiple network devices. Known Issue =========== None Uninstalling the RPM ==================== The following command will uninstall the e100 RPM. # rpm -e e100- Copyright 2002, 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies