PE 2950 III - SUU cannot update Broadcom NetXtreme firmware
We have a PowerEdge 2650 Gen III running Windows 2003 SP2 Standard Edition.
We are using Dell SUU (SUU_740_Q42013_A00) to try to update the firmware of our Broadcom NetXtreme NICs. The update fails very early on, throwing up a Windows error dialogue that says something is "not a valid 32bit application." A peer suggested that he had had success in running the update directly from the Repository directory. But the same thing happened when we tried that. My guess would be that this is a known issue.
The NICs in question are Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE
Here's the log:
(Network_Firmware_T3TVN_WN32_7.8.16.txt)
===============> Update Package application started <===============
I have exactly the same issue, same server, same suu and same update, did you manage to solve?
I've been building quite a few dell servers recently and not 1 has been an easy ride, lots of undocumented errors and drivers/firmware failures. Generally anything with the word broadcom in it hasn't worked out of the box.
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Posted March 21st, 2014 09:00
I have exactly the same issue, same server, same suu and same update, did you manage to solve?
I've been building quite a few dell servers recently and not 1 has been an easy ride, lots of undocumented errors and drivers/firmware failures. Generally anything with the word broadcom in it hasn't worked out of the box.