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Driver
Installation
To obtain drivers and important “README” information, visit Neterion’s download page at
http://www.neterion.com/support/x3100_customers.html.
Microsoft
Windows
Server
2003
&
2008
Including Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Hyper-V
1.
Copy the .zip file to your system, unzip the package and execute the package
installer, e.g. X3100-X64-3.0.3.16684.exe.
2.
The X3100 setup window will automatically appear. Click on the “Install driver”
button and follow the prompts to install the drivers.
3.
Then click on “Install X3100 Control Panel” and follow the prompts to install the
X3100 Network Control Panel.
4.
After you have installed the drivers and Control Panel, open the “X3100 Network
Control Panel” by clicking the desktop shortcut or task bar tray icon and
configure your adapter(s).
5.
Refer to the “Installation Instructions” section of the Release Notes for further
help with driver installation and configuration. Click on the “Release Notes”
button in the X3100 setup window to view the Release Notes (execute
“xflaunch.bat” to reopen the X3100 setup window, e.g. ‘c:\X3100-
X64\xflaunch.bat’).
Linux
and
ESX
1.
Copy the *.tar.gz file to your system and gunzip and untar the package.
2.
Install the driver rpm, e.g. # ‘rpm –ivh vxge-<driver_version>.rpm’.
For ESX 4.0, # ‘
mount -o loop vxge.iso /mnt’ followed by # ‘esxupdate --
bundle=/mnt/offline-bundle/offline-bundle.zip –-nodeps --nosigcheck --
maintenancemode --nocache update’; reboot (driver will load automatically).
3.
Load the driver, e.g. in ESX 3.5 # ‘vmkload_mod vxge‘ or in RHEL and SLES
# ‘insmod /lib/modules/<RHEL_version>/kernel/drivers/net/vxge.ko’ or
# ‘insmod /lib/modules/<SLES_version>/updates/drivers/net/vxge.ko’.
4.
Refer to the "Installation Instructions" section of the Readme file for help with
driver installation and configuration.
Sun
Solaris™
(10+)
1.
Copy the *.tar.gz file to your system and gunzip and untar the package.
2.
Install and load the driver by running the included shell script “install.sh” (e.g.
‘./install.sh jumbo’).
3.
Refer to the “Installation Instructions” section of the Readme file for help with
driver installation and configuration.
Getting
Support
Find more detailed driver installation instructions, as well as firmware
upgrade, configuration, tuning and performance optimization help at
http://trac.neterion.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/TitleIndex?anonymous
Contact your authorized reseller
Email to support@neterion.com
X3100 Series
10-Gigabit Ethernet
Network Adapter
X3110
X3120
User Guide
Document Number: S2T000028
Revision Number: 04
