PE2950 BCM5708 Firmware problem

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

An example on how to first backup and then flash the NIC:

$ ./FRMW_LC_R172680.BIN --extract fw-bcom-nic
$ cd fw-bcom-nic
$ ./lnxfwupg

0> 
0> dir
0> dumpnvram nic-fw-backup.bin
0> restorenvram new-nic-frmw.bin
0> dir
0> crc
0> q

$ reboot

The 0 in the prompt means that you are on the first BroadCom NIC the tool could find. Try to use "help" to figure out what other options you have.

PS! I can also see that there is a tool called lnxfwnx2 in the folder I extracted the FW package too, if you have no success with lnxfwupg try lnxfwnx2.


--
Harald 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-
> bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Harald_Jensas at dell.com
> Sent: 19 December 2007 10:27
> To: pmdyer at ctgcentral2.com
> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: RE: PE2950 BCM5708 Firmware problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You launch the lnxfwupg tool. This will take you to a prompt where you
> are accessing the NIC FLASH Memory directly. The dumpnvram and
> restorenvram commands are available in the lnxfwupg tools prompt.
> 
> 
> --
> Harald Jensås
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul M. Dyer [mailto:pmdyer at ctgcentral2.com]
> > Sent: 19 December 2007 02:20
> > To: Jensas, Harald
> > Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> > Subject: Re: PE2950 BCM5708 Firmware problem
> >
> > Hi Harald,
> >
> > I extracted the firmware package to a directory, but have not found
> > dumpnvram or restorenvram commands.   Do you know where these
> reside??
> >
> > Dell tech came and replace the motherboard on one server to get the
> > firmware back to factory default.   I can try to fix the other server
> > with the method you suggest.
> >
> > Paul
> 
> 
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