{"id":3097,"date":"2020-05-09T23:08:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2023-01-28T12:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T07:23:17","slug":"updating-intel-nic-drivers-on-linux-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/updating-intel-nic-drivers-on-linux-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating Intel NIC drivers on Linux centos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First Check the NIC driver version installed on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[root@test]# \/sbin\/lspci | grep Ethernet\n0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection\n15:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection\n24:00.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10\/100 Ethernet (rev 31)\n[root@test]# \/sbin\/ethtool -i eth0\ndriver: e1000e\nversion: 1.2.7-k2\nfirmware-version: 2.0-0\nbus-info: 0000:0b:00.0\n[root@test]# \/sbin\/ethtool -i eth1\ndriver: e1000e\nversion: 1.2.7-k2\nfirmware-version: 2.0-0\nbus-info: 0000:15:00.0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you have latest kernel. If not than use below commands to install latest kernel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yum update<br>yum kernel-devel<br>yum install kernel-PAE-devel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once kernel update done then reboot the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download latest driver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wget <a href=\"http:\/\/downloadcenter.intel.com\/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&amp;DwnldID=15817&amp;ProdId=3025&amp;lang=eng\">http:\/\/downloadcenter.intel.com\/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&amp;DwnldID=15817&amp;ProdId=3025&amp;lang=eng<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Untar\/unzip archive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">tar zxf e1000e-x.x.x.tar.gz<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the driver src directory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd e1000e-x.x.x\/src\/<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Compile the driver module:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># make install<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The binary will be installed as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/lib\/modules\/&lt;KERNEL VERSION&gt;\/kernel\/drivers\/net\/e1000e\/e1000e.[k]o<br>ex.<br>\/lib\/modules\/2.6.18-238.19.1.el5PAE\/kernel\/drivers\/net\/e1000e\/e1000e.ko<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Load the module using either the insmod or modprobe command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a. Removed older e1000e drivers from the kernel, before loading the new module:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>rmmod e1000e; modprobe e1000e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">b. insmod \/lib\/modules\/&lt;KERNEL VERSION&gt;\/kernel\/drivers\/net\/e1000e\/e1000e.ko<br>ex.<br>\/sbin\/insmod \/lib\/modules\/2.6.18-238.19.1.el5PAE\/kernel\/drivers\/net\/e1000e\/e1000e.ko<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the drivers again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># \/sbin\/ethtool -i eth0\/eth1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><br>[root@test]# \/sbin\/ethtool -i eth0<br>driver: e1000e<br>version: 1.5.1-NAPI<br>firmware-version: 2.0-0<br>bus-info: 0000:0b:00.0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[root@test]# \/sbin\/ethtool -i eth1<br>driver: e1000e<br>version: 1.5.1-NAPI<br>firmware-version: 2.0-0<br>bus-info: 0000:15:00.0<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Check the NIC driver version installed on the server. 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