Linux does not see all the nic cards on a RX2600

[Gene Kenny]

Hello

I have just installed Red Hat 3.0 AS update 4 on a RX2600. The RX2600 has a dual port 1000Base –SX Gigabit (extreme pci card). Linux only sees three Ethernet ports the dual SX card and the Pro100 card. Do I need a driver for the 1Gb card, if so what is the driver called? Can Linux access the nic card on the MP module?

Thanks in advance

[xyko_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gene,

did you see if all hardware was identified ?
lspci will show that.

Then you have to see if all modules (drivers) necessary for all hardware are been loaded.
lsmod will show that.

If your problem is with the modules you must load the necessary modules by hand first to test
depmod -a
modprobe modulename will do the job.

Then you have to modify your /etc/modules.conf to get the modules loaded when network starts
alias ethx modulename is what you need

hope it helps
xyko