BROADCOM NX1Gigabit Ethernet Hetwork Adapters Owner’s Manual

On NX1 Linux driver install steps, refer to the README.TXT under 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-227.0.3-0.x86_64.rpm
2. Install the Linux firmware upgrade utility rpm -ivh lnxfwupg-226.0.30-1.x86_64.rpm (if no older version of lnxfwupg was installed in the system) (or) rpm -Uvh lnxfwupg-226.0.30-1.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 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.
   a. Upgrade Boot Code using the following command:
   upgrade -bc ee5719c1.57
   b. Upgrade EFI and PXE using the following command:
   upgrade -mba 5719efipxe.bin
   c. Upgrade CCM using the following command:
   upgrade -ccm ccm2250.71
   d. Upgrade NCSI Management firmware using the following command:
   upgrade -mgmt nx1ncsi1.555.bin
   e. Upgrade iscsi boot code using the following command:
   upgrade -ib iboot2140.0
   f. Verify the NVM directory contents using the following command:
   dir
   g. upgrade VPD if needed for N41T OCP adapter.
   upgrade -vpd BCM95719N1905C.vpd Ignore warnings message “REGION_W does not exist” h. Exit out of the firmware upgrade utility q
   Note: commands can be executed in one line command mode with mac Address or device name to identify the device.
   Example:
   lnxfwupg E43D1AF99440 dir
   lnxfwupg E43D1AF99440 upgrade -bc ee5719c1.57
   

Documents / Resources

BROADCOM NX1Gigabit Ethernet Hetwork Adapters [pdf] Owner's Manual NX1Gigabit Ethernet Hetwork Adapters, NX1Gigabit, Ethernet Hetwork Adapters, Hetwork Adapters, Adapters

References

• User Manual