Broadcom Corporation
16215 Alton Parkway,
Irvine, CA 92619-7013
Readme File
BCM570x Software Release Build 5.5.13
(7/9/2002)
Summary:
This release is our Gold Candidate for the Dell Server Group 6.0 project.
- BACS installer now properly registers the bacstray key.
- New User Guide including translations for 9 languages. NT section has been modified to include BASP configuration.
- New version of Linux driver 2.2.22 fixed a hang problem with BCM5700 NICs.
The following highlights the changes between this release version 5.5.13 and
the previous version 5.5.12
*** Release Version Information Table ***
Product Version Previous Rel.
Miniport Driver - Windows NT4 2.67c* 2.67c*
Miniport Driver - Windows 2000 2.67c* 2.67c*
DOS/OS2 NDIS2 Driver 1.10 1.10
Netware ODI Driver 2.32 2.32
Netware DOS ODI Driver 1.18 1.18
Netware SNMP 1.00 1.00
Linux Driver 2.2.22 2.2.20
Linux SNMP 1.0.0 1.0.0
BASP for Windows NT 3.0.13 3.0.13
BASP for Windows 2000 3.0.10* 3.0.10*
BASP for Netware 2.10 2.10
BASP for Linux 3.0.9 3.0.9
User Diagnostics 2.36l 2.36h
BACS 2.31 2.31
BMAPI 2.2.20 2.2.20
DMI PCI Hot Plug 1.06 1.06
DOS Utility 2.15 2.15
PXE 2.2.8 2.2.8
SNMP-BASP 1.0.7 1.0.7
SNMP-NetExtreme Gigabit Ctrl. 1.04 1.04
Boot Code for 5700 1.12 1.12
Boot Code for 5700/01 2.2 2.2
Boot Code for 5700/01 2.4 2.4
Boot Code for 5701s 2.18 2.18
Boot Code for 5702 2.24a 2.24a
Boot Code for 5703 2.21a 2.21a
Boot Code for 5703s 2.21 2.21
CIM Provider 1.0.12 1.0.12
CABW32 0.17 0.17
BCM570x Manuals 2.6.5 2.5.7
BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows NT4 - b57nt4.sys
BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows 2000 - b57w2k.sys
No changes in this release.
********** Special Note: Windows 2000 **********
Due to a change in the Windows friendly name from "Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Controller" to "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Controller" additional steps will be required when upgrading versions of the driver prior to 1.30 in Windows 2000.
Under My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Network Adapter
Double click on the adapter you would like to upgrade.
Select - Driver tab
Select - Update Driver button
The "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" window should appear
Click - Next
Select - Search for a suitable driver for my device
Click - Next
Select - CD or Floppy depending on the media
Select - Install one of the other drivers
Click - Next
The "Driver Files Found" window should appear
Select - Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Controller
Click - Next
Click - Finish
At this point the latest version of the driver will be installed.
BCM570x DOS/OS2 NDIS2 Driver
No changes in this release.
BCM570x Server ODI Driver - b57.lan
No changes in this release.
BCM570x DOS ODI Driver - b57.com
No changes in this release.
BCM570x Linux Driver (2.2.22 replaces 2.2.20)
- Fixed a hang problem with BCM5700 NICs.
- Fixed compile problem on RH7.3 with HIGHMEM enabled.
- Fixed non-zero stats on 5700/5701 when stats_coalesce_ticks is set to 0.
BROADCOM Advanced Server Program (BASP) for Microsoft Windows
No changes in this release.
****************** Special Note: BASP ******************
To avoid fail-over issues when using BASP make sure that spanning tree is
disabled on the switch that the network adapter is connected to.
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BROADCOM Advanced Server Program for Novell Netware
No changes in this release.
BROADCOM Advanced Server Program (BASP) for Linux
No changes in this release.
********** Special Note: BASP for Linux **********
During a new installation of basp an error condition will occur at step 3 of the installation.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/basp start
Adding Basp Team 1 (OK)
Starting Basp Team 1 (Failed)
This failure is normal since no IP address has been assigned to the virtual interface proceed to step 4 and continue.
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BCM570x User/Manufacturing Diagnostic (2.36l replaces 2.36h)
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BROADCOM Advanced Control Suite (BACS) for IA32 and IA64
No changes in this release.
BROADCOM Management Application Programming Interface (BMAPI)
No changes in this release.
Support for PCI hot plug via DMI
No changes in this release.
BCM570x DOS utility - b57util.exe
No changes in this release.
PXE - Broadcom Preboot Execution
No changes in this release.
SNMP - Broadcom Advanced Server Program SNMP sub-agents - baspmgmnt.dll
No changes in this release.
SNMP - Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller SNMP sub-agents - bcmif.dll
No changes in this release.
Boot Code - BCM5700 Boot Code Firmware (1.12)
No changes in this release.
Boot Code - BCM5700/01 Boot Code Firmware (2.2)
No changes in this release.
Boot Code - BCM5700/01 Boot Code Firmware (2.4)
No changes in this release.
Boot Code - BCM5701s Boot Code Firmware (2.18)
No changes in this release.
Boot Code Boot Code for 5702, 5703, 5703s
No changes in this release.
CIM Provider - Broadcom CIM Providers for Windows 2000 - BCMGroup.dll
No changes in this release.
CABW32
No changes in this release.
BCM570x Manual (2.6.5 replaces 2.5.7)
2.6.5 = yr.mo.day = 2002/6/5
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.