Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters, NetXtreme II Family of Adapters, v.16.2.0, A01

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Windows 2003/2008 x64 driver update for NetXtreme I/II Broadcom Ethernet adapters.
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Fixes & Enhancements

- Added BCM57712 NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
- Several teaming driver, BASP, issues on Windows 2008/2008 R2 fixed.
- Fix Onboard NIC firmware update failure.
- Improve throughput performance for system with Hyper Threading feature.
- Management traffic stops when Linux kernel crashes.
- Significantly lower iSCSI offload performance when connecting to a target without flow control enabled.
- Incorrect flow control counter reported in BACS for 10G mezz card connected at 1G speed.
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Version

16.2.0, A01

Release date

06 Dec 2011

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

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Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.
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File Format: Update Package for MS Windows 32-Bit
File Name: NIC_DRVR_WIN_R297264.EXE
File Size: 26.24 MB
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Format Description:
Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 32bit format have been designed to run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 64bit format will only run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. When selecting a device driver update be sure to select the one that is appropriate for your operating system.
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MD5:
6a1fc2998866913f6853db50ee1c8f9c
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
e58c5e74458db2fb797affc67dd41d10f1a30ac958f56fba7e71ea1f25aa6e29
File Format: Extracts files directly to local disk
File Name: Bcom_LAN_16.2.0_W2K3_8_64_A01.exe
File Size: 22.47 MB
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MD5:
d8115210c66e308debaf353279470672
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
26527d99e096a06990092ae463d510c8f9ae6383a3480a761515b60df8d4aaaa

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The Broadcom NetXtreme II devices require two system drivers, one is the VBD or Virtual Bus Device driver and the other is the NDIS Client driver. Due to this architecture, the Windows drivers for NetXtreme II are provided in an InstallShield package, for ease of installation. To install the drivers, just run the setup.exe in this package.

If an unattended install or remote install is required, the individual Plug and Play drivers can be extracted from the installer by running the setup.exe with the option "/a". This will extract the drivers to a specified directory.

Please see the included files in the ReadMeFirst directory in this package for further information and instructions.

Due to the complexity of the drivers and dependencies on the application (BACS) and the intermediate driver and the fact that both the NetXtreme I and NetXtreme II drivers use the same intermediate drivers and application, the Broadcom network drivers are versioned with a family version and not the file version of an actual driver file. The package version is the driver family version when inventoried by the Dell Update Package and other Dell Version management utilities. This family version contains NetXtreme I and NetXtreme II Drivers as well as the applications and other files that are used to run, manage and track the network devices. The family version for this release is 16.0.0. To check the version of individual files included in this release, please see the Release.txt in the ReadMeFirst directory.
Windows Server 2008 x64
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Windows Server 2003 x64
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