Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:33:00 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bce(4) on the Dell PE 2950 Message-ID: <1382099580.21269.35571405.3EE3ACE7@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <52606B26.5090809@ukr.net> References: <1365800188.1418.29.camel@localhost> <516877F0.9080301@delphij.net> <20130415231748.GA82230@ambrisko.com> <3A5015FE9E557D448AF7238AF0ACE20A31A4E5@IRVEXCHMB11.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <525F7CC9.4000800@ukr.net> <1382030121.2570.1.camel@localhost> <52606B26.5090809@ukr.net>
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013, at 17:56, Vladislav V. Prodan wrote: > 17.10.2013 20:15, Sean Bruno wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 08:59 +0300, Vladislav V. Prodan wrote: > >> I have a DELL PowerEdge 2950 server (3rd generation). There is a > >> network > >> card with chipset bce BCM5708. > >> > >> If a ready algorithm for getting rid of interface resetting / watchdog > >> timeout? > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > In the freebsd.org cluster we run several of these machines. We had to > > update the f/w on them (broadcom) to make the errors go away. > > > > Hello > > Share instructions for updating the network card firmware? > Thank you. > I imagine you should either boot off a Dell OMSA live CD and apply the patches (they're Linux binaries) or build a firmware update disc that automatically applies all firmware updates. The latter requires a specific Dell application that runs on Windows I believe.. maybe OSX? There may be a third option -- if you have the Enterprise DRAC in your system you can boot into a firmware update mode that pulls the patches directly from ftp.dell.com and applies them. However, I can't recall if this mode exists in 2950 IIIs.
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