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Why doesn my Intel Gigabit card work with Red Hat Linux 7.2?

April 26, 2017card Gigabit Intel linux red hat

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Why doesn my Intel Gigabit card work with Red Hat Linux 7.2?

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The Intel e1000 driver is broken on Multiprocessor (SMP) machines in an out-of-the-box Red Hat Linux 7.2 installation. The driver will transmit exactly 256 packets before locking up. The uniprocessor kernel does not exhibit this problem. For an updated e1000 driver, you can download and install the latest Red Hat Linux 7.2 errata kernel from http://www.redhat.com/errata, or download replacement drivers from http://support.dell.com/filelib (search for “Linux Intel”). Updated drivers can also be found on recent Dell Server Assistant version 6.7 or above CDs. If you use the Dell Server Assistant v6.7 or above CD to install Red Hat Linux 7.2, this will automatically be installed.