Bug 811437

Summary:	Can't find intel 82599EN NIC in the X windows after install NIC driver under RHEL6.2 64bit
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	zou.chris
Component:	Driver Update Disk	Assignee:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Chao Yang <chyang>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.2	CC:	jbainbri, qcai
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	6.2
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2012-04-16 01:10:19 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description zou.chris 2012-04-11 04:23:12 UTC

Description of problem:


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How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
Re-produce steps]
1. Load the BIOS optimized default.
2. Install RHEL6.2 64bit via USB DVD-ROM.
3. After OS installation completed, install the latest NIC driver ixgbe-3.8.21 and reboot.
4. Click "System"==>"Perferences"==>"Network Connections", and can't find NIC information from X
windows system.
======>Can't find NIC in the X windows system after install NIC driver.

[Verification]
1. Can't find NIC in the X windows system under RHEL6.0 64bit after install NIC driver. ==>FAIL
2. Can't find NIC in the X windows system under RHEL6.1 64bit after install NIC driver. ==>FAIL
3. Can't find NIC in the X windows system under RHEL6.2 64bit after install NIC driver. ==>FAIL
4. Can find NIC in the X windows system under RHEL5.4 64bit after install NIC driver. ==>PASS

[Other Info]
1. Under RHEL6.2 64bit, after create a new file "network" in the folder "/etc/sysconfig/", and add
the string "HOSTNAME=" in the file "network".
2. Reboot, can find NIC information from X windows system.
3. Verified with another MLB has the same phenomenon.

PS: Under RHEL5.4 64bit, the file /etc/sysconfig/network is exists, and the file is not exists under RHEL6.2.
  
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Comment 1 zou.chris 2012-04-11 04:24:36 UTC

The NIC is Intel 82599EN, the document refer to 
http://ark.intel.com/products/66004/Intel-82599EN-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Controller

Comment 2 Jamie Bainbridge 2012-04-16 01:10:19 UTC

This hardware will be supported in RHEL 6.3, there's already an update bug open for the driver which includes this hardware. Marking as Duplicate and closing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 737715 ***

Comment 3 zou.chris 2012-04-25 08:14:19 UTC

hi, the issue was fixed in rhel6.3 beta, suggest to close it.