Broadcom 5706/5708/5709/5716 NetXtreme II Ethernet Driver 3.5.11 for Solaris 10

Date Added: Jul 2009 / OS: Solaris 10 / File Size: 2 MB / Publisher: Broadcom

This file describes the Solaris Release 10 driver for Broadcom's 5706/5708 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network Interface Controller. Driver is released in three formats:

1. BRCMbnx.pkg: Datastream format.
2. BRCMbnx.tar.Z: Compressed and TAR file system format.
3. bnxdu.img: Driver Update (DU) binary image which is used to create DU diskette. Currently not supported.

Installing Driver

1. Change directory to where BRCMbnx.pkg resides.
2. pkgadd -d BRCMbnx.pkg OR
( Copy BRCMbnx.tar.Z to /tmp.
cd /tmp
uncompress BRCMbnx.tar.Z
tar xvf BRCMbnx.tar
pkgadd -d /tmp)
3. Execute prtconf to determine instance number of the NIC.
4. ifconfig bnx[instance_number] plumb
5. ifconfig bnx[instance_number] ip_address netmask .... up

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