User Guide
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ASUS PEI-10G/X710-2T
3-3
3.2 Linux OS Driver Installation
To install the Ethernet card driver for Linux OS:
1. Navigate to the location of the driver in a terminal window, then unzip the driver:
tar -xvf <Version>.tar.gz
2. Navigate to the folder containing the unzipped driver, then install the driver:
make install
p12rm@p12rm-P12R:~/Desktop/Temp$ ls
i40e-2.20.12.tar.gz license_gpl.txt readmerst.txt
p12rm@p12rm-P12R:~/Desktop/Temp$ tar -xvf i40e-2.20.12.tar.gz
p12rm@p12rm-P12R:~/Desktop/Temp$ cd i40e-2.20.12/src/
p12rm@p12rm-P12R:~/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for p12rm:
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.11.0.27-generic'
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_main.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_ethtool.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_xsk.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_adminq.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_common.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_hmc.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_lan_hmc.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_nvm.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_debugfs.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_diag.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_txrx.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_ptp.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_lters.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_ddp.o
CC [M] /home/p12rm/Desktop/Temp/i40e-2.20.12/src/i40e_client.o
3. Wait for the installation to complete, then restart the system.