SysKonnect SK-98xx Network Card User Manual


 
28 4 Installation of the Driver Software
In the displayed window, the left panel shows the available software packages.
7. Select S
YSKONNECT SK-98XX FAMILY.
8. Click A
DD.
The shell window “Admintool: Add Software” is displayed asking whether you want to configure
IP interfaces during installation or not.
9. If yes, type
y.
If no, type
n.
10. Press <Enter>.
If you have typed
y in step 9, continue with step 11.
If you have typed
n in step 9, only the driver will be loaded and you have to configure all inter-
faces manually. For details, refer to the corresponding readme file.
11. Enter the following values for every interface you want to configure as the system requests
them:
the new interface's name (e.g. host),
the IP address (e.g. 192.9.121.59), and
the netmask (e.g. 255.255.255.0).
Once you have entered all information, the message “
Are these settings OK (y/n)?” is
displayed.
12. If all settings are OK, type
y.
13. Press <Enter>.
The message “
Do you have more SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet interface
adapters installed (y/n)?
” is displayed.
14. If yes, type
y.
If no, type
n.
15. Press <Enter>.
If you have typed
y in step 14, repeat steps 11 to 13.
If you have typed
n, continue with step 16.
16. When the message “
Do you want to continue with the installation of <SKGE-
sol> [y, n,?]
” is displayed, type y.
The driver package is installed.
”Admintool” will prompt you to reboot after successful installation, but this may be ignored.
For more information, refer to the corresponding readme file.
HP-UX
The driver supports the SysKonnect SK-98xx family on HP-UX 11 systems. The driver package for
HP-UX can be either installed using the administration/installation GUI or a shell command.
To perform the following tasks, you need “root” access.
Drivers downloaded from our web site are available in a packed format (.tar.gz files). The download-
ed package has to be unpacked before installation.
Unpack the driver To unpack the downloaded driver package, proceed as follows:
1. Go to the directory where the packed driver package “<package file>.tar.gz” is located.
2. Unpack the file with the following command:
gunzip <package file>.tar.gz
The unpacked file has the format “<package file>.tar”.
3. Untar this file with the following command:
tar -xf <package file>.tar