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Title: Changing IP address on Server Only Problem
Post by: Teviot on May 28, 2009, 09:09:40 AM: Hi

I struck a problem with my SME server only setup. Where I have the server, they need to reconfig the internal network and the IP address in the server need to change.

The problem is when I "su admin" and go to config the server, everything is fine until I get to the network part where it asks for a device driver.

When SME was installed on the machine it detected the network card no problem. Now it asks for the driver.

As the machine is now located here with me (2hr Drive away) how do I find out what network card is in the machine?

Any help would be great as this change needs to happen quickly
Title: Re: Changing IP address on Server Only Problem
Post by: byte on May 28, 2009, 07:15:44 PM: Quote from: teviot on May 28, 2009, 09:09:40 AM
When SME was installed on the machine it detected the network card no problem. Now it asks for the driver.

That means your NIC is not supported, did you change or did your own manual changes to originally make this NIC work ?

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As the machine is now located here with me (2hr Drive away) how do I find out what network card is in the machine?

Try using lspci to find out which card you have.
Title: Re: Changing IP address on Server Only Problem
Post by: Teviot on May 29, 2009, 01:40:34 AM: Thanks Byte

I worked it out and tried that option I thought was the driver.

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[root@mail ~]# lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2) 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) 00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) 00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6100 nForce 430 (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:06.0 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem (rev 04) [root@mail ~]#
Thanks again
Title: Re: Changing IP address on Server Only Problem
Post by: Stefano on May 29, 2009, 08:01:23 AM: Quote
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)

my 2c: de-ctivate onboard nic and plug in a well supported one (I would suggest an intel one)

you can find supported chipset here (http://smolt.contribs.org)

hth
ciao
Stefano