BROADCOM NX1 Linux Driver Installation Guide

BROADCOM NX1 Linux Driver

Product Information

This product is an adapter that is used for upgrading the firmware of certain devices. It supports the N41T OCP adapter and has compatibility with the BCM95719N1905C.vpd version. The adapter can be identified using the MAC address or device name.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Select the appropriate adapter for the firmware upgrade.
2. Execute the following command to verify the contents of the NVM directory: dir
3. If needed, upgrade the VPD for the N41T OCP adapter using the following command: upgrade -vpd BCM95719N1905C.vpd
4. If a warning message stating “REGION_W does not exist” appears, ignore it.
5. To exit the firmware upgrade utility, execute the command: q
6. Note: Commands can be executed in one-line command mode using the MAC address or device name. For example: lnwfwupg E43D1A6151D8 dir lnwfwupg E43D1A6151D8 upgrade -bc ee5719c1.47

On NX1 Linux driver install steps, refer to the README.TXT under the Linux driver tar file.

Updating the Firmware Components Manually on Linux

• Provides instructions for manually updating the firmware on Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet network adapters for Linux
• Download the Linux firmware upgrade utility and the Firmware images file from the corresponding Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Adapter page ‘Downloads’ -> ‘Firmware’

To update the adapter firmware on Linux:

1. Install the Broadcom management application programming interface for Linux – bmapilnx rpm -ivh bmapilnx-226.0.2-0.x86_64.rpm
2. Install the Linux firmware upgrade utility rpm -ivh lnxfwupg-226.0.3-1.x86_64.rpm (if no older version of lnwfwupg was installed in the system) (or) rpm -Uvh lnxfwupg-226.0.3-1.x86_64.rpm (Update, if already older version lnxfwupg was installed)
3. List the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet adapters using the following command: lnxfwupg
4. Select the adapter
5. All the Firmware components are available in the corresponding folders in the downloaded Firmware image file.

Use

Use the correct file to upgrade the respective firmware component as shown below:
The following example shows how to upgrade each firmware component on the N41T OCP adapter.

• * Upgrade Boot Code using the following command: upgrade -bc ee5719c1.47

  • Upgrade EFI and PXE using the following command: upgrade -mba 5719efipxe.bin
  • Upgrade CCM using the following command: upgrade -ccm ccm2240.155
  • Upgrade NCSI Management firmware using the following command: upgrade -mgmt nx1ncsi1.544.bin
  • Upgrade iscsi boot code using the following command: upgrade -ib iboot2140.0
  • Verify the NVM directory contents using the following command: dir
  • upgrade VPD if needed for N41T OCP adapter. upgrade -vpd BCM95719N1905C.vpd Ignore warnings message “REGION_W does not exist”
  • Exit out of the firmware upgrade utility
  • Note: commands can be executed in one-line command mode with mac Address or device name to identify the device.

Example:

• lnwfwupg E43D1A6151D8 dir
• lnwfwupg E43D1A6151D8 upgrade -bc ee5719c1.47

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