From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 12 20:56:38 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A10E8F8C; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:56:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanwbruno@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pd0-f172.google.com (mail-pd0-f172.google.com [209.85.192.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A64A1D19; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f172.google.com with SMTP id 5so1609829pdd.3 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:56:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:subject:from:reply-to:to:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer; bh=8tUjrDesj7gwr7rhfgOP221dRteACTjhlU/Togtd5As=; b=GuhJ6KCk78q8SafqwMGvQnQQh65pIUWXxiQBhtskXUcwWmMp5Ys82lxHfxkiIZhP1m ch5hsFrgR7wkQsG/Yh7YdS+ija5q/zVE0TsFFyoMbqCATo7ht8I7QvQjUGDoGHT4AZyj nh6x69stJgkIx2cd+V/aQfFPUKUZvWuwD1HN6F6z2Gm1Dku4FAo+JSIChptvvN42cfMr 2ScMgtrRyUro/meiN3pyId5FgTrmycjxHuIQYtKUsRUkn9ywEYMm8DrIzgGVuQCeGznW uP4MoKm9+uOKBbqcLT1xuQD6VIE8kDAzBNql4WG1RpzKqsLF4U1tsb++SC4ceXTsQHjx NJyQ== X-Received: by 10.66.84.74 with SMTP id w10mr17160760pay.214.1365800192242; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.73.160.242] (nat-dip7.cfw-a-gci.corp.yahoo.com. [209.131.62.116]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id to7sm10963677pab.0.2013.04.12.13.56.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: bce(4) on the Dell PE 2950 From: Sean Bruno To: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-N489thMbaCvejvCVVXTl" Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:56:28 -0700 Message-ID: <1365800188.1418.29.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: sbruno@freebsd.org List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:56:38 -0000 --=-N489thMbaCvejvCVVXTl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A note from clusteradm@freebsd.org=20 It looks like there is some amount of instability or bugginess in some of the Broadcom firmware(management) on the bce(4) chipeset shipped on later generations of the Poweredge 2950 from Dell: bce0: Specifically, we've seen that newer (9 and higher) have issues with the doing initial setup and negotiation and that Dell did indeed release newer firmware to fix the issues. This requires a full reboot into Linux (probably centos6) to get the update to execute. Sean --=-N489thMbaCvejvCVVXTl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRaHT8AAoJEBkJRdwI6BaHcIwH/1e3Y68zZ6IYdjuFy8Fo49Ps VjEm0RjAPfEuVn26F6V2nLl+YWUbKl58r4w0f43LQ2dslnPCiGVlUFaVGGfztDUy 1gyGOvA4ZrXe1mOz0v+wa93qdDZVTSFqQVu+mlDwbu1RR45K7h+Aw00wvNXsecKK V4WrMVnk7Mw3vgisBpc4+ziEKF0huLBZ6cTZfEP6g65XRL3gCrI1SboGH7V+uX9x T1ABa0Fjk/4VGTRdNsUC+DeM0o0I8Blir8VfNyBj/hA30eTfidbeeE/26CacXfBX ahQ4SiKyHPwgg9iZCJPvqVS+lWyzcxHqLcZaTtI0EDqvbc4kyYUu5BkH/1ZI/rM= =0FfW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-N489thMbaCvejvCVVXTl--