From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 18 12:55:50 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 39021C7D for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nbari@inbox.im) Received: from ca2.route.mx (ca2.route.mx [72.55.175.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D27282E97 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (route-mx 43684 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2013 12:49:04 -0000 Received: from pickles.tp.telepac.pt (HELO nbari-z200.diz.la) (nbari@inbox.im@route.mx) (envelope-sender ) by ca2.route.mx (route-mx) with CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 18 Oct 2013 12:49:04 -0000 Message-ID: <52612E3E.9060607@inbox.im> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:49:02 +0100 From: Nicolas de Bari Embriz Garcia Rojas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bce(4) on the Dell PE 2950 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> <1382099580.21269.35571405.3EE3ACE7@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1382099580.21269.35571405.3EE3ACE7@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 12:55:50 -0000 What is the latest stable firmware and in what firmware version you get this issue ? regards On 10/18/2013 13:33, Mark Felder wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"