Re: Dell PE2900 and Broadcom NICs

Dell's Gold Support is not bad. At that level they start treating you as
they always should :-)

After I got Intel NICs I disabled onboard Broadcoms and all is sweet.

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Jan Wakulicz
www.micropol.com.au


"Shane" <Shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How did you get them to get you replacement nic's. I have been dueling
with
the techs for the past two days now. I have two new 2900 servers with the
Broadcom's. One has SBS2003 R2 Premium installed and the other has Virtual
Server installed. The new driver did not fix the problem with Virtual
Server
and right now I am not installing ISA until I know the ISA problems
resolved.
I also find it funny that they are still selling these servers with these
defective nics in them.
"Jan" wrote:

Hi Les,

I did try new drivers before I called Dell. Dell support tech was aware
of
the issue and has shipped two Intel NICs (on loan until problem is
resolved).
Once I get this server on site I don't think I will be able to spend any
more time resolving Broadcom's problem :-).

--
Jan Wakulicz
www.micropol.com.au

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Jan,

I haven't been following this, as I've disabled the broadcoms.

But I see Dell has a nic driver release date 21/12/2006, marked
'urgent'.
That would be worth a try.

Also, if you haven't already - ensure the TOE stuff is disabled in the
BIOS (and nic driver).

If neither of the above work, I seriously doubt anyone from Dell will
be
able to help. I'd go with a different NIC before spending much time on
this.

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]


"Jan" <jan@.n.o.com> wrote in message
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Does anyone know if there is resolution for the "ISA-Broadcom NICs"
problem yet?
Should I bother getting Dell on site to troubleshoot or simply install
Intel NIC and cut my loses?
TIA.
--
Jan Wakulicz
www.micropol.com.au








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