Upgrade NIC drivers + firmware
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I need to upgrade NIC drives and firmware for my Dell R610.
Code:[root@vps ~]# ethtool -i em1
driver: bnx2
version: 2.2.6
firmware-version: 7.12.19 bc 7.10.0 NCSI 2.0.13
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:01:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no
[root@vps ~]# dmesg | grep -i ethernet
[ 1.294715] bnx2: QLogic bnx2 Gigabit Ethernet Driver v2.2.6 (January 29, 2014)Not sure how to do it as I tried the latest available driver based off Dell service tag, from this link:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us...WZz090/drivers...
QLogic FastLinQ Network Adapter Device Firmware.
Version: 08.07.26 ,A00-00
wget..
chmod +x file name
./filename
Result:
Code:[root@vps ~]# ./Network_Firmware_82J79_LN_08.07.26_A00-00.BIN
An Inventory Collector is running. Wait until it is completed before proceeding with update.Running Centos 7 64bit.


Code:[root@vps ~]# ethtool -i em1
driver: bnx2
version: 2.2.6
firmware-version: 7.12.19 bc 7.10.0 NCSI 2.0.13
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:01:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no
[root@vps ~]# dmesg | grep -i ethernet
[ 1.294715] bnx2: QLogic bnx2 Gigabit Ethernet Driver v2.2.6 (January 29, 2014)Not sure how to do it as I tried the latest available driver based off Dell service tag, from this link:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us...WZz090/drivers...
QLogic FastLinQ Network Adapter Device Firmware.
Version: 08.07.26 ,A00-00
wget..
chmod +x file name
./filename
Result:
Code:[root@vps ~]# ./Network_Firmware_82J79_LN_08.07.26_A00-00.BIN
An Inventory Collector is running. Wait until it is completed before proceeding with update.Running Centos 7 64bit.