Re: gPXE and Dell PE1950 - BCM5708

"Dean" <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:05:43 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.network.etherboot.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I still don't have a solution. I'll post if I figure it out....

--Dean

> Dean wrote:
>>
>> I'm having trouble getting gPXE to flash into a BCM5708 card installed
>> in
>> a Dell Poweredge 1950.
>>
>> The example: http://etherboot.org/wiki/romburning/tg3 didn't work
>> becasue
>> the b57udiag application didn't see any broadcom cards.
>>
>> I found that uxdiag worked in detecting the cards but I still can't get
>> the gPXE image to flash to the card.
>>
>> Using:
>>
>> uxdiag -c 1 -fmba c:/14E4164C.ROM  -t abcd
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> uxdiag -- Broadcom NetXtreme II diagnostics version 5.0.5
>>
>>     Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Broadcom Corporation, all rights reserved.
>>
>> C:  Brd:Rv Bus      PCI     Spd Base   IRQ     MAC     FmwVer
>> Configuration
>> 1:5708C:B2 03:00:00 PCIE-4  2.5 0xF800 10 00219B8C38AF 4.4.1   MF,auto
>> 2:5708C:B2 07:00:00 PCIE-4  2.5 0xF400 10 00219B8C38B1 4.4.1   MF,auto
>> C:  Brd:Rv Bus      PCI     Spd Base   IRQ     MAC     FmwVer
>> Configuration
>> 1:5708C:B2 03:00:00 PCIE-4  2.5 0xF800 10 00219B8C38AF 4.4.1   MF,auto
>>
>> Warning! MBA(PXE) not programmed!
>>
>>
>>
>> What can I do?
>>
>> -Dean
>>
> Did you happen to make any progress with this, Dean?  If so, it might be
> good to document.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Shao Miller
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