Questions tagged [broadcom]
Topics related to Broadcom hardware such as Ethernet Network Interface Cards
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Windows Server 2022 Teaming/Hyper-V/Broadcom losing connectivity
I have a Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V host with VM's losing network connectivity.
The setup:
Dell Server
Windows Server 2022 (Standard), fully updated, fresh install
2x Broadcom NIC's (Broadcom ...
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Broadcom MegaRAID 9440-8i. "Error 10" in Win. "Failed from megasas_init_fw 6936" in Linux. No Broadcom RAID configuration item in the BIOS
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The Broadcom AVAGO 9440-8i RAID controller is detected by the motherboard and the operating system, but the driver is not working. Installing new driver versions does not work. The StorCLI ...
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Broadcom NetXtreme-E 10Gb (BCM57412) on Debian 12
After I installed a fresh Debian 12 on a Dell R430 server I got a Broadcom fiber card.
After the boot, the system loaded the bnxt_en driver I can see 2 new interfaces however I am not able to use them....
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Performance Issues on Broadcom 9600W-16e Controller When Using Disk Shelves Drop Perf
I can't understand why this is happening. I have a Broadcom 9600W-16e controller. There are two disk shelves, and the controller is connected with two SAS 4 cables to the disk shelf expander. From ...
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What is(How to know) the relationship between network connections?
I have the following network set up:
PC------modem-----ISP
The modem is working in bridging mode so I need to create a broadband connection on my PC.
There are quite a few networking connections in ...
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Firmware of QLogic NetXtreme II BCM57840 4x10GbE
I have a 10G card which has two 10G ports, I plugged that into the PCI slot, only one port works and the second port doesn't work for some reason, it also reports that it has 4x10GbE which I believe ...
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VMware -> Broadcom: how to renew/purchase a VMware Workstaion Pro license?
Since May 5, 2024 Broadcom shut down the self-purchase licensure portal for VMware customers. Click on 'Login' in upper-right here: https://www.vmware.com/ takes you to this 'site-maintenance' dead ...
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Debian & Broadcom: poor performance transferring files via network
I setup a new server running Debian Bullseye with Proxmox-kernel as a NAS to host mainly video content (so in general large files). I noticed an abysmally bad performance transferring files via SMB so ...
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temperature of the Broadcom 10Gb LAN controller (BCM57416) on Supermicro motherboards
I am looking for information from people with systems with Supermicro motherboards with a Broadcom 10Gb NIC controller chip (BCM57416). Specifically, I would like to find out the NIC temperature IPMI ...
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Broadcom storcli64 - add unconfigured good disk as hotspare
as a disclaimer, I am not particularly well versed with storcli so please bare with me.
I have an existing RAID configuration that I took over from a colleague who since left.
One disk failed and I ...
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sfp and sfp28 compatibility
I have gotten a server which has "Broadcom 57454 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter" When I connect it to a switch port which is sfp the link status on the server is reported as ...
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Checking if NIC controller has SR-iov capability
I'm trying to use SR-IOV with openstack, and in order to check if the NIC available on my servers support this technolony I did the following:
(venv) [root@controller share]# lshw -c network -businfo
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How to ensure SAS-3 wide port configuration is enabled?
I have:
A commodity Linux server, in this I have installed:
1x HBA storage adapter Broadcom (LSI) 9500-8e having 2x mini-SAS-HD connector, connected to:
1x Storage enclosure with dual input mini-SAS-...
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NIC ports going offline just by touching the cables slightly
A while ago we discovered an issue with most of our NICs in the data center - touching the cables just leads to the ports of the NICs going offline for a couple of seconds. All the NICs are Broadcom ...
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What does "SSC WriteBack" mean
When I dump LSI RAID 9260-8i configuration by:
/storcli /c0 show all
the Supported VD Operations section looks like:
Read Policy = Yes
Write Policy = Yes
IO Policy = Yes
Access Policy = Yes
Disk ...
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