Weird Issue with CentOS 7 & Intel I219-V

MetroVPS_NMP

Hello,

I have got a motherboard with Intel I219-V Ethernet & CentOS 7 isn't getting Network Device (Might be Driver issue) where as CentOS 8 is getting it without any problem.

Is there any way to get the drivers (e1000e) embedded in the CentOS 7 ISO ? Or, any ISO with updated Kernel Or, Drivers added ??

I was trying CentOS 7.9 (2009) Minimal & DVD Version, didn't work. Latest CentOS 8 worked great.

Regards.

akb

Try installing: kmod-e1000e from elrepo or if thats not an option, directly via rpm:

https://centos.pkgs.org/7/elrepo-x86_64/kmod-e1000e-3.8.4-3.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64.rpm.html

MetroVPS_NMP

@akb said:
Try installing: kmod-e1000e from elrepo or if thats not an option, directly via rpm:

https://centos.pkgs.org/7/elrepo-x86_64/kmod-e1000e-3.8.4-3.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64.rpm.html

That worked. I was thinking the same but was not sure if it configures network automatically like CentOS 8 or not. Downloaded that file to USB Disk, mounted & installed. Then, rebooted it & worked like a charm.

rcxb

The centos "plus" kernel adds in a lot of drivers not in the vanilla/upstream RHEL kernel.

eva2000

What motherboard is that with ? OVH recently removed CentOS 7 support for some of their product lines like Rise, Advance etc and cited compatibility issues that CentOS 8 is fine with. Wonder if this is one of the problems?

LightBlade

From Hetzner Documentation
https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/troubleshooting/performance-intel-i218-nic/

this also helped me before

MetroVPS_NMP

@eva2000 said:
What motherboard is that with ? OVH recently removed CentOS 7 support for some of their product lines like Rise, Advance etc and cited compatibility issues that CentOS 8 is fine with. Wonder if this is one of the problems?

It's a Desktop Motherboard: Gigabyte H470M DS3H