Hi,

I can confirm that using a firmware version 4xxx on the Broadcom card
fixes the issue.
FYI i had this problem in a R410 , R610, R710 systems running OSOL
129,130,131,132,133,134 versions.

Bruno

On 17-6-2010 15:09, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I've written up a blog post about the issue here:
>
> http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/06/broadcom-nics-dropping-out-on-solaris-10/
>
> The following bug reports may be of interest:
>
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6940230 
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6938878 
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6926051
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't look like there's a publicly available fix at 
> present and there's no word on whether the fix will be backported to snv134 
> for the 2010.?? release.
>
> It seems Broadcom/Oracle have a version of the Broadcom driver at release 
> 6.0.2 and the one on Broadcom's website is 5.2.2. I've contacted Broadcom 
> support asking if they can make 6.0.2 available but I seriously doubt they'll 
> get back to me - Broadcom want you to get support through your vendor. 
> Despite us using Solaris 10, Oracle have stopped selling support contracts 
> for Solaris on Dell, so we have no route to get support on this issue, which 
> is highly frustrating.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alasdair
>   


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