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6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter

Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment

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In most RHEL 5 environments, the bonding driver is not loaded by default. Unless 
the bonding driver is loaded, bond interfaces using the QLogic adapter NIC 
function cannot be created.

To determine whether the bonding driver is loaded, enter the following command:

# lsmod | grep bonding

If the command produces no output, the bonding driver is not loaded. If the output 
is similar to 

, the bonding driver is already loaded.

To load the bonding driver, enter one of the following commands:

# modprobe -v bonding miimon = x

or
# modprobe -v bonding arp_interval=n arp_ip_target=yy.yy.yy.yy

                                                                                           

use_carrier 

Specifies MII/ETHTOOL ioctls 
or netif_carrier_ok() for use by 
miimon to determine the link 
status. MII/ETHTOOL ioctls is 
less efficient and uses a dep-
recated calling sequence 
within the kernel. The 
netif_carrier_ok() relies on the 
device driver to maintain its 
state with netif_carrier_on/off.

1

1–enables the use of 
netif_carrier_ok()
0–enables use of MII/ 
ETHTOOL ioctls