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3: Operating the Adapter

Using LEDs to Determine Adapter Functionality

The adapter has a single light-emitting diode (LED) display that indicates if the adapter

is conﬁgured correctly and connected to an active Ethernet. Table 3-1 describes the LED.

Verifying That the Adapter Driver Is Loaded

The adapter driver should be automatically loaded at boot time. To verify, check for the

presence of the cxgb3 driver:

lsmod | grep cxgb3

You can load the driver manually as follows:

modprobe cxgb3

Enabling the Adapter

To enable the adapter, enter the following as root:

ifconfig IPaddress netmask mask broadcast address mtu 1500|9000

For example:

ifconfig eth2 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 mtu 9000

For other systems to see the new address, you must enter new addresses in host ﬁles,

DNS, or NIS as required for your system. For details, see the network documentation for

your operating system.

Table 3-1 Adapter LED

Label Color Meaning

LINK/ACT Green Link established

Yellow Link active

Red Power-on indicator (ON by default

during power-on but OFF after the

driver is loaded.)