Installing the LAN over USB Linux device driver

Versions of Linux since RHEL5 Update 3 and SLES10 Service Pack 2 support the LAN over USB interface by default. This interface is detected and displayed during the installation of these operating systems.

See Table 1 for information about the IP addresses.

Note: Older Linux distributions might not detect the LAN over USB interface, and might require manual configuration. For information about configuring LAN over USB on specific Linux distributions, see the IBM white paper http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?brandind=5000008&lndocid=MIGR-5079769.
The IMM LAN over USB interface requires that the usbnet and cdc_ether device drivers be loaded. If the drivers have not been installed, use modprobe to install them. When these drivers are installed, the IMM USB network interface is shown as a network device in the operating system. To discover the name that the operating system has assigned to the IMM USB network interface, type: 
dmesg | grep -i cdc ether
Parent topic: Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually