Broadcom NetXtreme/NetXtreme II Family of Adapters Driver

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This package provides the Broadcom NetXtreme/NetXtreme II Family of Adapters Driver and is supported on the Enterprise Servers and Powervault models that are running the following Operating Systems: Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and Novell - SuSE Linux ES 10.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes
- N/A

Enhancements
- Enhanced driver for NetXtreme I and NetXtreme II devices to support Broadcom BCM5709 and BCM57710 based adapters.
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Version

12.4.0, A02

Release date

31 Dec 2013

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

Recommended
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: A tar file for software installation
File Name: Bcom_LAN_12.4_LinuxR5S10_DKMS_A02.tar.gz
File Size: 16.67 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file is an archive of compressed files for software installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
c63e9579350749b6942689118603be24
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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Suse Linux ES 10
Red Hat® Ent Linux 5.2
Red Hat® Ent Linux 5
Novell SuSE Linux ES 10
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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