Description
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Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Kernel Module (igb) for HPE ProLiant systems
running Linux

Package		Version
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hp-igb          5.3.5.7-8 [For RHEL6.9]
hp-igb		5.3.5.7-1 [For all other OS's]

Driver		Version
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igb		5.3.5.7

Notables
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-Driver RPMs for following OS distributions are available:
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 2
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 9
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 8 
 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2
 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1
 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4
 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3

-Firmware component (HPE Intel Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux, 
firmware-nic-intel) version 1.12.18 or later is recommended 
for use with this driver set.

Propogating driver updates across kernels
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Typically, drivers installed on the base kernel can be carried forward to
subsequent errata updates or OS builds. For example, if a driver is installed
on RHEL6u7 Snapshot1, it can be carried forward to Snapshot2, Snapshot3 and
so on. This can be done by choosing to update the existing OS installation
and not completely re-installing over the existing Snapshot1 setup. Choose
the option to "Upgrade existing installation" during the OS install process.

kISO based installations have been setup to accept driver RPMs built on the
base kernel that the kISO assists in getting installed. For example, the
SLES11 SP3 driver will install just fine on the SLES11 SP3 errata kISO and
sets up appropriate kernel module linkages for the errata kernel.

It is important to note that driver updates have not been proven to work
across minor updates. It is advisable to use drivers specific to a given
minor update or service pack. For example, it is not advisable to use a
RHEL6u6 driver on RHEL6u7.