Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters, NetXtreme II Family of Adapters, v.16.0.0, A00
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Fixes & Enhancements
RH5.5
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1. Kernel panic when changing MTU after heavy iSCSI offload stress.
2. Establishing an iSCSI offload connection to an Equal Logic target, does not succeed always, across reboots.
3. Intermittent connectivity loss when using 5709/5716 with MSI-X interrupts.
4. iSCSI offload - Running ifup/ifdown may cause loss of connection to disks or segfault.
SLES11 SP1
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1. Kernel panic when changing MTU after heavy iSCSI offload stress.
2. Establishing an iSCSI offload connection to an Equal Logic target, does not succeed always, across reboots.
3. Intermittent connectivity loss when using 5709/5716 with MSI-X interrupts.
4. iSCSI offload - Running ifup/ifdown may cause loss of connection to disks or segfault.
SLES10 Sp2/Sp3
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These drivers do not support iSCSI offload theses driver must not be loaded on systems with SLES10 SP2/SP2. iSCSI offload will not be functional after the upgrade.
1. Ethtool may report an incorrect link status when the device is disabled.
2. Running self test in ethtool may cause connectivity to the iDRAC via the management firmware to terminate.
3. There is no inbox iSCSI HBA provided in this distribution.
4. Sessions may not recover after running adapter self test on a tagged VLAN port with max sessions connected on the NetXtreme II 1 Gb device.
5. Small packet performance on a 5708 device is lower than the current drivers.
6. Changing the MTU to enable Jumbo Frames on an active adapter may result in a kernel panic.
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1. Kernel panic when changing MTU after heavy iSCSI offload stress.
2. Establishing an iSCSI offload connection to an Equal Logic target, does not succeed always, across reboots.
3. Intermittent connectivity loss when using 5709/5716 with MSI-X interrupts.
4. iSCSI offload - Running ifup/ifdown may cause loss of connection to disks or segfault.
SLES11 SP1
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1. Kernel panic when changing MTU after heavy iSCSI offload stress.
2. Establishing an iSCSI offload connection to an Equal Logic target, does not succeed always, across reboots.
3. Intermittent connectivity loss when using 5709/5716 with MSI-X interrupts.
4. iSCSI offload - Running ifup/ifdown may cause loss of connection to disks or segfault.
SLES10 Sp2/Sp3
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These drivers do not support iSCSI offload theses driver must not be loaded on systems with SLES10 SP2/SP2. iSCSI offload will not be functional after the upgrade.
1. Ethtool may report an incorrect link status when the device is disabled.
2. Running self test in ethtool may cause connectivity to the iDRAC via the management firmware to terminate.
3. There is no inbox iSCSI HBA provided in this distribution.
4. Sessions may not recover after running adapter self test on a tagged VLAN port with max sessions connected on the NetXtreme II 1 Gb device.
5. Small packet performance on a 5708 device is lower than the current drivers.
6. Changing the MTU to enable Jumbo Frames on an active adapter may result in a kernel panic.
Version
16.0.0, A00
Release date
30 Nov 2010
Download Type
Driver
Category
Network, Ethernet & Wireless
Importance
OptionalDell 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.
Available formats
File Format: Red Hat Package Manager Source Code file
File Name: Bcom_LAN_16.0.0_Linux_Source_A00.tar.gz
File Size: 25.41 MB
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Supported Operating Systems
Novell SuSE Linux ES 11
Suse Linux ES 10
Red Hat® Ent Linux 5
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