topic Re: Config NIC during RH 4.x install in Operating System - Linux

Config NIC during RH 4.x install

Dary — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:10:14 GMT

I have problems loading NIC and SAN drivers (qlogic qla23xx) when installing servers. Any doc. to help me with these topics?

Server is bl35p.
OS RH ES 4.x

thks,

Re: Config NIC during RH 4.x install

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:58:35 GMT

Shalom,

Don't do the SAN driver during installation.

Install PSP or qlogic drivers post installation. PSP 7.9 includes good SAN drivers.

Modify /etc/modprobe.conf
# bug fix here
alias scsi_hostadapter2 qla2400
# The original read alias scsi_hostadapter2 qla2320

cd /boot/
mv initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img
.old # name may vary based on your system.

mkinitrd -f initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

Reboot.

SEP

Re: Config NIC during RH 4.x install

Dary — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:50:48 GMT

Thanks, how about NIC card, any suggestion, on how to configure the NIC cards?

Re: Config NIC during RH 4.x install

~sesh — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:42:27 GMT

Do you mean that the NIC is not getting detected during the installation?

If yes, then try adding the "pci=nommconf" option to the boot.

By the way, the network adapters NC7781 seem to be pretty standard NICs and RHEL setup should be able to load the drivers automatically.

Re: Config NIC during RH 4.x install

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:13:38 GMT

Dary, do you use the latest RHEL4 update level?