Dell SC440 SMP Broadcom Gbit NIC driver installation for TB2.x
Submitted by Bedrock on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 7:54am.
Several fragmented posts on this - I've gone through this mulitple times now on multiple 440s both with TB2.0 and TB2.2.4 - I have varified this works out of the box
1. Disable OB NIC (f2 at startup)
2. Install a temporary NIC
3. Install Trixbox
4. yum install kernel-smp-devel (multi processor box)
5. cd /usr/src
6. wget http://ftp1.us.dell.com/network/Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01.tar.gz
7. tar -zxvf Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01.tar.gz
8. wget http://linux.dell.com/dkms/dkms-2.0.17-1.noarch.rpm
9. rpm -ivh dkms-2.0.17-1.noarch.rpm
10. cd Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01
11. rpm -ivh tg3-3.53d-9dkms.noarch.rpm
12. shutdown server
13. remove temp. NIC
14. Start server - f2 at start enable OB NIC
15. In Kudzu remove temp. NIC configuration
16. In Kudzu configure Broadcom NIC
Thanks, it worked just as you said
Thu, 09/20/2007 - 8:29am
I ran through the steps as above and the nic worked perfectly.
Since you have been setting up SC440's I still have a problem with a vgs error. I looks like the timing is way off and I don't now how to fix it.
When i run zttest the best I get is 97's and 96's. When I tried to run the system asterisk will die error 1 quite often. I removed the Rhino card and I still get poor zttest results.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to fix this?
Another Alternative
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 10:33am
This procedure works fine (I have used it myself) but if you want to skip the step of installing the temporry nic, burn the following files to a CD:
http://ftp1.us.dell.com/network/Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01.tar.gz
http://linux.dell.com/dkms/dkms-2.0.17-1.noarch.rpm
http://yum.trixbox.org/centos/4/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0....
Burn all these files to a CD and then mount the CD:
mount /dev/hda /media/cdrom
Go to /usr/src and copy the files:
cd /usr/src
cp /media/cdrom/* .
Install the Kernel Source:
rpm -ivh kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.2.EL.i686.rpm
Make Symbolic links so the compiler works right:
ln -s kernels/2.6.9-34.0.2.EL-smp-i686 linux
ln -s kernels/2.6.9-34.0.2.EL-smp-i686 linux26
Install dkms:
rpm -ivh dkms-2.0.17-1.noarch.rpm
Expand the Broadcom Package:
tar -zxvf Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01.tar.gz
go to the directory:
cd Bcom_LAN_90_Linux_DKMS_A01
Install the driver:
rpm -ivh tg3-3.53d-9dkms.noarch.rpm
Run kudzu and configure the card for static or DHCP (your choice) and then reboot the machine - when it comes up, you are live with the onboard NIC.
Greg
You can cut your time way down by...
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 11:39am
Just copy a compiled tg3.ko over the top of the old one in the 2.x build. Reboot and enjoy. I have a compiled tg3.ko for a Dell SC440 if someone wants it.
Kerry,
Any chance of the next build including this newer driver? The SC440 is a pretty popular platform for Trixbox.
Thanks
-Doug
2.4 Finds the NIC on the 440 just fine
Sat, 12/22/2007 - 9:57am
Try the 2.4 Beta - We actually put a machine into production yesterday with the 2.3.0.11-84 because the customer couldn't wait (and understood it was Beta and was willing to proceed).
It works GREAT - I think the shipping version will most likely be the RC3 version.
Greg
An update to Bedrock's
Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:39am
An update to Bedrock's original post...
I was installed TB 2.2.12 on a Dell SC440 today. The dkms-2.0.17-1.noarch.rpm is no longer available by the link. So, I used:
wget http://linux.dell.com/dkms/dkms-2.0.19-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh dkms-2.0.19-1.noarch.rpm
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