Broadcom Corporation
16215 Alton Parkway,
Irvine, CA 92619-7013
Readme File
(4/18/2003)
*** Release Version Information Table ***
Product Version Previous Rel.
Windows 2000 Driver 6.34.4 6.34*
Windows Server 2003 Driver 6.34.4 6.34*
DOS NDIS2 Driver 6.34 6.33
Netware ODI Driver 6.01a 6.01
Netware DOS ODI Driver 6.03.1 6.03
Netware SNMP 1.03 1.03
Linux Driver 6.0.5 6.0.2
Linux SNMP 1.0.1 1.0.1
BASP Windows 2000 6.0.1* 6.0.1*
BASP Windows Server 2003 6.0.1* 6.0.1*
BASP for Netware 2.19 2.19
BASP for Linux 6.0.1 6.0.1
User Diagnostics 6.05 6.05
BACS 6.03 6.03
BMAPI 6.1.1 6.0.2
DMI PCI Hot Plug 1.09 1.09
PXE 6.1.2 6.1.2
SNMP-BASP 1.0.7 1.0.7
SNMP-NetExtreme Gigabit Ctrl. 1.05 1.05
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 2.19 2.19
Boot Code for 5703 2.25a 2.25a
Boot Code for 5703s 2.25 2.25
CIM Provider 6.0.4 6.0.4
CABW32 0.22 0.22
BCM570x Manuals 3.3.24 3.2.27
BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows 2000 - b57w2k.sys
BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - b57xp32.sys
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********** 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 NDIS2 Driver
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BCM570x Server ODI Driver - b57.lan
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BCM570x DOS ODI Driver - b57.com
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BCM570x Linux Driver
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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
No changes in this release.
BROADCOM Advanced Control Suite (BACS) for IA32
No changes in this release.
BROADCOM Management Application Programming Interface (BMAPI)
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Support for PCI hot plug via DMI
No changes in this release.
PXE - Broadcom Preboot Execution
- See release.txt in the \pxe folder for details.
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 for 570x
- See individual release.txt in \dos\bootcode directory
CIM Provider - Broadcom CIM Providers for Windows 2000
No changes in this release.
CABW32
No changes in this release.
BCM570x Manual
No changes in this release.
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.