How to install driver of optical-network-card and setup the ip-config

1. Optical port network card plugging

• First verify the type of your Optical-network, usually PCI-E (x8/x16).
• Scan the mother-board to check if there are any PCI-E(x8/x16) left, then plug the card to the match one.

1. Driver install(ixgbe)

• First check the chip-type and adapter-type of the network-card.
• Go to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/36773/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html to find the corresponding drivers.
• Download the source code of driver and then compile it on your target machine according to the README in src
  • make
  • make install