[OmniOS-discuss] Dell R720 & Broadcom ethernet

[Dale Ghent]

On Dec 26, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/26/13, 7:55 PM, Dale Ghent wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Broadcomm does have GLDv3 drivers for "Solaris" - whether it'll work on Illumos derivatives would be a quick and easy experiment with hopefully favorable results.
>> 
>> http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtremeii10.php
> 
> The Dell R720 doesn't use NetExtreme II NICs. They use the newer NetLink
> NICs, for which even Broadcom remarks on their driver site:
> "Note: Broadcom does not offer UnixWare, SCO and Solaris drivers for
> NetLink Ethernet controllers."

The driver I linked purports to cover the 578xx chips, which are the chipsets that Scott quoted as being the ones he has on his server…

/dale