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Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL5 - 4.2.389.0 - Release IBM1206 - IBM Servers

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Version:      4.2.389.0
Release Date:      2013-02-28

File link      File size      File description
elx_dd_nic_ibm1206-4.2.389.0_rhel5_32-64.xml      26,162      XML for the Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL5 - 4.2.389.0 - Release IBM1206
elx_dd_nic_ibm1206-4.2.389.0_rhel5_32-64.chg      4,793      CHANGE HISTORY for the Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL5 - 4.2.389.0 - Release IBM1206
elx_dd_nic_ibm1206-4.2.389.0_rhel5_32-64.txt      10,230      README for the Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL5 - 4.2.389.0 - Release IBM1206
elx_dd_nic_ibm1206-4.2.389.0_rhel5_32-64.tgz      10,521,035      Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver for RHEL5 - 4.2.389.0 - Release IBM1206

  • New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Change history

Linux NIC Device Driver Version: 4.2.389.0

Problems Fixed :

  • Unloading the driver hangs the system after running IPv6 traffic
  • Link status messages cleaned up when in Switch Agnostic mode
  • Miscellaneous network performance issues to improve throughput
  • Miscellaneous problems related to SRIOV to improve usability
  • Ethtool wol command displays wol enabled even when disabled
  • Ethtool speed reported as 10000Mb/s for disabled devices in Switch Agnostic mode

Incremental Interoperability :

  • RHEL6.3 GA Kernel
  • Increase default B/W for SRIOV vf's to 10Gb from 100Mb

See the change history file for more information.

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Supported products

Supported systems
  • BladeCenter HS22 (1911,1936,7809,7870)
  • BladeCenter HS22V (1949,7871)
  • BladeCenter HS23 (1929,7875)
  • BladeCenter HS23E (8038,8039)
  • BladeCenter HX5 (1910,7872,7873)
  • System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 server (6391)
  • System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 2U chassis (7913)
  • System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 server (7912,7913,7918,7919)
  • System x3100 M4 (2582)
  • System x3200 M3 (7327,7328)
  • System x3250 M3 (4251,4252,4261)
  • System x3250 M4 (2583)
  • System x3300 M4 (7382)
  • System x3400 M2 (7836,7837)
  • System x3400 M3 (7378,7379)
  • System x3450 (7327)
  • System x3500 M2 (7839)
  • System x3500 M3 (7380)
  • System x3500 M4 (7383)
  • System x3530 M4 (7160)
  • System x3550 M2 (4198,7946)
  • System x3550 M3 (4254)
  • System x3550 M4 (7914)
  • System x3620 M3 (7376)
  • System x3630 M3 (7377)
  • System x3630 M4 (7158)
  • System x3650 M2 (4199,7947)
  • System x3650 M3 HF (5454)
  • System x3650 M3 (4255,7945)
  • System x3650 M4 (7915,8733-removed)
  • System x3690 X5 (7147,7148,7149,7192)
  • System x3750 M4 (8722,8733)
  • System x3755 M3 (7164)
  • System x3850 X5 (7143,7145,7146,7191)
  • System x3950 X5 (7143,7145)

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Supported options
  • None found

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Supported operating systems

  • System x

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64

  • BladeCenter

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64

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Applicable countries and regions

  • Worldwide

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Document id:  MIGR-5092324
Last modified:  2013-02-28
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