Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 - Installing the Driver for the Intel Ethernet Card

1.DownloadthedriverforanonboardgraphicscardfromtheLenovoWebsite.Ifthedriverisa
compressedfile,unzipittoafolder.Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsare
alwaysavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Then,copythefoldertoyourUSBstoragedeviceandconnecttheUSB
storagedevicetoyourserver.
2.LogintotheoperatingsystemandcopythefolderfromyourUSBstoragedevicetothe/tmpdirectory
onyourserver.
3.Addthefollowingkemelparametertothe/etc/grub2.cfgconfigurationfileandrestarttheoperating
system.
vga=0rdblacklist=nouveaunouveau.modeset=0
4.OpentheTerminal,andinputinit3toenterthecommand-linewindow.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.Gotothedriverpath,andentercommandshNVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47 .run.Thenfollowtheinstall
wizardtocompletethedriverinstallation.
Note:Inthecommandlines,NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47.runrepresentsthedrivername.Usethe
correspondingfilenameonyourserver.
7.Restartyourserver.
InstallingthedriverfortheIntelEthernetcard
Toinstallthedriver,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriverforanonboardgraphicscardfromtheLenovoWebsite.Ifthedriverisa
compressedfile,unzipittoafolder.Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsare
alwaysavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Then,copythefoldertoyourUSBstoragedeviceandconnecttheUSB
storagedevicetoyourserver.
2.LogintotheoperatingsystemandcopythefolderfromyourUSBstoragedevicetothe/tmpdirectory
onyourserver.
3.IftheNICinboxdriverisalreadyinstalled,uninstallthedriverfirstandthentypemmode1000einTerminal.
4.Enterthefollowingcommandstoinstallthedriver:
#unzipDD_Intel_NIC_1.3.29_Linux.zip
#cdDD_Intel_NIC_1.3.29_Linux
#tarxvfe1000e-3.2.4.2.tar.gz
#cde1000e-3.2.4.2/src
#makeinstall
#modprobee1000e
Notes:
•Ifthefileextensionisnot.tar.gz,skipthethirdcommand.
•Inthecommandlines,cde1000e-3.2.4.2representsthedrivername.Usethecorrespondingfile
nameonyourserver.
5.Restartyourserver.
6.Configurenetworksettings.
a.ClickApplicationsintheupper-leftcorner.Then,clickSystemT ools➙Settings➙Network.
b.IntheNetworkwindow,selecttheEthernetcardyouwanttoconfigure.
c.ClickAddprofile➙IPv4.
d.IntheAddressesarea,selectanetworkaddressconfigurationmethod.
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