Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters Driver

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This package provides the Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters Driver and is supported on the Enterprise Servers and Powervault models that are running the following Operating Systems: Red Hat - Enterprise Linux 3, Red Hat - Enterprise Linux 4 and Novell - SuSE Linux ES 9.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes
- N/A

Enhancements
- Enhanced tg3 to add support for Dell Online Diagnostics via ethtool APIs, ethtool support.
- Enhanced support for the newest NetXtreme devices.
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Version

8.3, A00

Release date

11 Dec 2013

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

Optional
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
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File Format: A gnu zip file for software installation
File Name: Bcom_LAN_83_Linux_DKMS_A00.tar.gz
File Size: 779.87 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This format consists of gnu zip files for software installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
c0749d2cfc3c08551161858d693bd28c
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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1. This is a DKMS compliant RPM and requires the installation of DKMS to correctly install.
Red Hat® Ent Linux 3
Red Hat® Ent Linux 4
Suse Linux ES 9
GnuPG Signature of Dell Update Package Instructions for dkms-2.0.13.tar.gz.sign:

Download
1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file.
2. When the "File Download" window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation
1. Import the Dell public key. (You only need to do once on your system.)
2. Verify the Dell Update Package by using its signature file, dkms-2.0.13.tar.gz.sign

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions for dkms-2.0.13-1.noarch.rpm

Download

1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2 When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation

1. Save the RPM to a directory on your Linux system such as /tmp.
2. Change directory to this directory: cd /tmp
3. Type in the RPM install command

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Custom Instructions for dkms-2.0.13-1.src.rpm:

Download

1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2 When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation

1. Save the RPM to a directory on your Linux system such as /tmp.
2. Change directory to this directory: cd /tmp
3. Type in the RPM install command
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Custom Instructions for dkms-2.0.13.tar.gz:

Download
1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click the "I agree" link to accept the agreement.
3. When the File Download window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive.

Extract Files
1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file.
2. Type in the unpack command:
tar xvzf release.tar.gz

Installation
1. Change Directory into the directory created by the unpack command.
2. Follow the instructions provided in the files inside this directory for installation.

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