6–Linux Driver Software
Installing Linux Driver Software
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4.
For FCoE offload, after rebooting, create configuration files for all FCoE ethX
interfaces:
cd /etc/fcoe
cp cfg-ethx cfg-<ethX FCoE interface name>
5.
For FCoE offload or iSCSI-offload-TLV, modify
/etc/fcoe/cfg-<interface>
by changing the
DCB_REQUIRED=yes
setting to
DCB_REQUIRED=no
.
6.
Turn on all ethX interfaces as follows:
ifconfig <ethX> up
7.
For SLES, use YaST to configure your Ethernet interfaces to automatically
start at boot by setting a static IP address or enabling DHCP on the
interface.
8.
For FCoE offload, restart FCoE service to apply new settings by issuing the
appropriate command.
For SLES 11 SP
x
:
service boot.fcoe restart
For RHEL 6.
x
:
service fcoe restart
For SLES 12 and RHEL 7.
x
:
systemctl restart fcoe
Installing the KMP/KMOD Package
After installing the binary RPM, reboot the system to ensure that the drivers are
removed in the proper sequence.
NOTE
Note that your distribution might have a different naming scheme for
Ethernet devices (
pXpX
or
emX
instead of
ethX
).
NOTE
The examples in this procedure refer to the bnx2x driver, but also apply to
the bxn2fc and bnx2i drivers.
