Additional Configurations
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Additional Configurations
The following provides information about additional configurations.
Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions
Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is distribution dependent.
Typically, the configuration process involves adding an alias line to /etc/modules.conf as well as
editing other system startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux distributions ship
with tools to make these changes for you. To learn the proper way to configure a network device for
your system, refer to your distribution documentation. If during this process you are asked for the
driver or module name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for the SBS PRO/1000 Family of
modules is e1000sbs.
As an example, if you install the e1000sbs driver for two PRO/1000 modules (eth0 and eth1) and
set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half, add the following to modules.conf:
alias eth0 e1000sbs
alias eth1 e1000sbs
options e1000sbs Speed=10,100 Duplex=2,1
Viewing Link Messages
Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is restricting system messages.
In order to see network driver link messages on your console, set messages to eight by entering
the following:
dmesg -n 8
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This setting is not saved across reboots.
Jumbo Frames
The driver supports Jumbo Frames for all modules except 82542 and 82573-based modules.
Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500.
Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU size. For example:
ifconfig eth<x> mtu 9000 up
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This setting is not saved across reboots. The setting change can be
made permanent by adding: MTU=9000 to the file
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<x>
, with Red
Hat distributions, for example. Other distributions may store this
setting in a different location.
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