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    Broadcom BCM5709 - eth devices missing

    I have an IBM x3550 M3 server with integrated Broadbcom 5709 Dual-NICs and an add-on card with the same model running 10.04.3 LTS and the latest kernel is seeing only the integrated NICs. It doesn't see the add-on card.

    However, lspci | grep -i ether shows:

    0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
    0b:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
    1a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    1a:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    The first two are working. Those are the integrated ones. The last two "were" working until now. I assume bnx2 is the driver but it isn't apparently loaded for the the last two cards.

    Can anyone help out?

    Here is a lshw -C network

    Code:
     *-network:0             
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
           logical name: eth0
           version: 20
           serial: e4:1f:13:45:04:c4
           size: 1GB/s
           capacity: 1GB/s
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm vpd msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=bnx2 driverversion=2.0.2 duplex=full firmware=5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.6 ip=192.168.5.87 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1GB/s
           resources: irq:28 memory:92000000-93ffffff
      *-network:1
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 0.1
           bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.1
           logical name: eth1
           version: 20
           serial: e4:1f:13:45:04:c6
           size: 1GB/s
           capacity: 1GB/s
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm vpd msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=bnx2 driverversion=2.0.2 duplex=full firmware=5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.6 ip=0.0.0.10 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1GB/s
           resources: irq:40 memory:94000000-95ffffff
      *-network:0 UNCLAIMED
           description: Ethernet controller
           product: NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:1a:00.0
           version: 00
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm vpd msi msix pciexpress cap_list
           configuration: latency=0
           resources: memory:97a00000-97a3ffff
      *-network:1 UNCLAIMED
           description: Ethernet controller
           product: NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 0.1
           bus info: pci@0000:1a:00.1
           version: 00
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm vpd msi msix pciexpress cap_list
           configuration: latency=0
           resources: memory:97a40000-97a7ffff
      *-network DISABLED
           description: Ethernet interface
           physical id: 1
           logical name: usb0
           serial: e6:1f:13:49:e4:7b
           capabilities: ethernet physical
           configuration: broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ether driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=CDC Ethernet Device link=yes multicast=yes
    And finally the last portion lspci -v
    Code:
    0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
    	Subsystem: IBM Device 03a9
    	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
    	Memory at 92000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
    	Capabilities: <access denied>
    	Kernel driver in use: bnx2
    	Kernel modules: bnx2
    
    0b:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
    	Subsystem: IBM Device 03a9
    	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40
    	Memory at 94000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
    	Capabilities: <access denied>
    	Kernel driver in use: bnx2
    	Kernel modules: bnx2
    
    1a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    	Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 30
    	Memory at 97a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
    	Capabilities: <access denied>
    	Kernel modules: bnx2
    
    1a:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    	Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
    	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 37
    	Memory at 97a40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
    	Capabilities: <access denied>
    	Kernel modules: bnx2
    Last edited by gtdaqua; September 26th, 2011 at 08:51 AM.
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    Re: Broadcom BCM5709 - eth devices missing

    Update:

    Found out that the NIC was actually faulty! The same NIC didn't work on windows too with latest drivers - kept showing the Yellow Exclamation in Device Manager.

    Must call Dell support to replace this Broadcom NIC.
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    Re: Broadcom BCM5709 - eth devices missing

    btw my buddy told me that one of the eth0 ports has a huge problem, I forget exactly what it was. I jjust use eth0/port 1 and the IMM port. The rest are unused. I havent had time to find out more detials regarding this ethernet port issue, and their website is noit very helpful. Did you hear about this?

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    Re: Broadcom BCM5709 - eth devices missing

    Hmmm... I'have the same issue but I don't think it's hardware related in my situation. When I do an "rmmod bnx2" and then a "modprobe bnx2" everything (eth0 AND eth1) works perfect!

    Is it also in you case? Or is it really the hardware?

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    Re: Broadcom BCM5709 - eth devices missing

    hi

    I had the same issue. HP DL360 G5 Ubuntu 11.10. after the setup eth0 wasnt "unclaimed"

    the onetime command "rmmod bnx2 && modprobe bnx2" works for me - thank you!

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