Intel LAN DRIVERS for VICIDIAL 1.2

[enigma]

Hello,

I have Intel S5500 series Motherboard, with 16 GB RAM and 2 x Xeon 5 Series processors.

I need some help to install onboard LAN drivers on VICIDIALNOW using WINSCP or some commands.

I need help to check the full Utilization of RAM.

Reply would be greatly Appreciated.

Regards

Enigma

[gardo]

Download the LAN drivers to your VicidialNOW server. They usually have the text file describing the process for installation. Here are some of the basic steps

1. Ssh to the VicidialNOW server as root
2. Untar or unzip the drivers
3. Cd to the driver directory
4. Run "make"
5. Run "make install"
6. Run "depmod -a"

To check the utilization of your RAM, you can run "top -c" on the console or commandline.

[enigma]

Hello Grado,

Thank you for the reply,

Can you please tell me which exact directory to install as i have a bit confusion on the same.

[sanph]

Hello Grado,

Thank you for the reply,

Can you please tell me which exact directory to install as i have a bit confusion on the same.

Installation is usually fairly automated by the 'make install' command, for most linux source code. You just need to make sure you have the kernel development package installed for the kernel version you are running. If you are running any recent flavor of Red Hat (CentOS, Fedora, RHEL), you can check this with 'uname -r' and 'rpm -q kernel-devel'. I am not entirely familiar with the process on other flavors, last time I used a different flavor for serious purposes was in 2006.

Once "make install" finishes properly you can run 'modprobe <name-of-intel-driver>' to load the driver into the running kernel, or you can just reboot as a driver like that should be set to load automatically.

[enigma]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply i just want to know which folder in kernels i need to install the lan driver.

I dint find out the correct folder,

Reply would be greatly appreciated.

[gardo]

You don't need to touch anything on the folders for the kernel. Just extract the lan driver to your home directory (/root if you're the root user) and run the installation instructions (usually in INSTALL.TXT or the README doc).