From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 18 12:33:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D801E72 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 614C92D00 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:33:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0027020FED for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:33:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:33:00 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references :subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=JLs/TE65E1fmyxYQ72BTHgiL8h4=; b=s8c wckDj3xxeGZ1maQISy8kY+WkUeE7cyfPOeeaVg8yWcYOyWn3kR5Ka4hxD3nngX02 oKZRtui+GEHlLGx2og3WCDDcvJrYNKWb8TVHoxZ+7t7LH8TVlSXVHlfYdqhT+g5v QosBwt+I07OMquna8aAhFXz4rOh9tLhIcWdNq3uQ= Received: by web3.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id D72C5100CF2; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:33:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1382099580.21269.35571405.3EE3ACE7@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: w3SHIsGgOtZhPW9teLb0dh9CSTaINSYN9Uda71sSM1Vh 1382099580 From: Mark Felder To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-443dd2cc 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> Subject: Re: bce(4) on the Dell PE 2950 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:33:00 -0500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:33:02 -0000 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.