On 11/09/2010 15:52, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gabriel Tabares > <gabriel.tabares at roboreus.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We have a HP DL385 G6 server that is having an issue. Two of the 4 >> network cards are not being recognised by Linux. >> >> We have quite a few other servers with the same hardware and no issues >> but, before I call HP, I would like to make sure that I am not doing >> anything wrong :) >> >> I have tried with the kernel that came with CentOS 5.5 and the updated >> one kernel-2.6.18-194.11.3. >> >> I do an lspci and they're all there: >> >> lspci | grep Eth >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 >> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) >> 03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 >> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) >> 41:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 >> Gigabit Ethernet >> 41:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 >> Gigabit Ethernet > Notice that two of the cards are Rev 20, two are not. > > Look at each card to determine the Rev level of each card. > > Then populate the machine with only the Rev 20 cards and see if you > get what you would expect. > > Then populate the machine with only the non-Rev 20 cards and see if > you get what you would expect. > Unluckily, I have no physical access to the machine, so removing cards is not an option. > There are a number of articles found by Google that indicate you may > need to upgrade BIOS or use a later version of the driver. > I have already upgraded the firmware to the latest. I will look for updated drivers for the cards. Thanks