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10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Network Adapter User’s Guide

Enabling the Adapter

To enable the adapter, enter the following:

[root@linux root]# ifconfig IPaddress netmask netmaskvalue broadcast broadcastaddress mtu 1500|9000

For example:

[root@linux root]# ifconfig eth2 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 mtu 9000

Note: Ethernet interfaces are named eth0, eth1, and so on, always with a common

preﬁx of eth.

For other systems to see the new address, you must enter the new hosts’ addresses in

DNS or in host ﬁles or NIS as required for your system.

For details, see the operating-system speciﬁc documentation about networking.

Verifying that the Adapter is Properly Conﬁgured and Enabled

To verify that the network interface is conﬁgured properly and is enabled on, enter

the following on a Linux system:

[root@linux root]# ifconfig ethN

For example, for eth2:

[root@linux root]# ifconfig eth2

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:DD:47:81:24

inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::260:ddff:fe47:8124/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)

Interrupt:65

007–4983–002 9